Chapter 42

Immediately Henry saw his friend of ten years and counting, he felt like running into his arms and hugging him. It was something the frequently did during their school days, but afterwards, both saw themselves as grownups and reverted to hand shakes or one second hugs. However, this wasn't the time for one of those but he struggled to hold it in when Barry walked to him and gave him a hug with a friendly pat on the back. Maybe Henry didn't have to talk, before his friend understood.

"What's up man? Everything alright at work?" Henry didn't know how to feel about the question, but something about made him upset. Did people really see him as someone who put his work abouve every other thing? Was he gradually turning into a workaholic like his father? Granted, his family and the business had been his only interests and everything else was secondary. Now that his father was no more and his mom appeared to be doing fine on her down, the general assumption of the reason for his anger was wo