Chapter 2

Henry sat at the front desk of his mothers hotel as the afternoon sun lighted the lobby. He had been helping her there the last 2 months as he hunted for a good enough accounting job but so far he had not found anything good enough. While he sat there organizing papers and observing guests his eyes grazed over the array of photos his mother kept on the front desk but one always caught his eye. He leaned over and grabbed the picture of him and Betty and smiled. He softly touched the crease of frame and staring deeply at betty's sweet smile, and he couldn't help but smile himself. He closed his eyes and remembered how sweet she smelled, her soft touch, her infectious laugh. Opening his eyes slowly he whispered to himself.

" God … I miss you so much"

"What was that Henry"

Henry jumped and spun his chair around to find his mother standing behind him.

" Mom you scared me"

As Henry took a deep breath his mother placed the files on the front desk and then grabbed the photo from Henry's hands …

" She looks like such a great girl Henry … I wish I would have gotten a chance to meet her"

" Yea … me too"

Henry slowly sank back into his chair and started looking through the pile of files his mother just brought. He saw her finally move and put the picture back where it was then she gently tousled Henry's hair.

" I know sweetie … sometimes life is just not fair … but look and the beautiful baby girl you have now."

Henry looked back at his mother and gave her a little smile

"I know mom"

Smiling back at her son she could still see the sadness in his eyes as he turned back to the file folder he was holding. Still looking down at the papers all of a sudden a familiar voice stuck his ear …

" Excuse me"

" Daniel!" Henry said with a slight shock in his voice

"Henry! What are you doing here?"

" Well this is my mothers hotel" Henry was of course shocked to see Daniel but was also totally happy to see his friend..

" So how have you been Henry"

" Good good …. How are u?"

"Doing great … just well … checking in"

" Really?"

" Yea its Myself, Alexis, My mother, Christina, and um…" Daniel choked back a little " and Betty."

Henry's heart jumped at the sound of her name she was going to be here. As He started getting running everything through he started noticing familiar faces trickle into the lobby. But one made him loose his breath. Betty had stepped into the lobby laughing and chatting with Christina. Henry couldn't take his eyes off of her.

" Henry" His mother said waving a hand in front of his face

Snapping too he looked at her then back to Daniel. As he took the papers Daniel signed he introduced his mother and Daniel.

" oh yes Henry has told me so much about you… Its so nice to meet you"

As those three were talking …Betty had started scanning the lobby. As she finished she looked back at Christina but snapped her head back to the font desk.

" Oh my God…"

Not knowing what to do Betty tried hiding behind Christina. Christina fussed a little not knowing what was going on…

" Berry what… what is it" Betty turned Christina's head toward the front desk then dipped back down "oh good god"

Christina looked back at Betty who started crawling and ducked behind the luggage cart not knowing what to do yet. Henry and the others made there way over to the rest of the group. The greetings, introductions, and hugging went on for while then Henry finally found his way to Christina… and took her in to a big hug …

" Hi Christina"

"E'llo Henry"

As Henry pulled back from the hug he spotted Betty's foot . As he made his way to the cart he couldn't help but let out a little chuckle.

" Betty …"

TBC