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began pacing around his office. He felt something stirring inside him that he tried to push down into the depths of him. While uncharacteristic of him, it seemed to be a combination of nerves and restlessness. His pacing became more determined and he felt as if he were spiraling out of control. He did not like that feeling at all.
            He looked around him at the diplomas adorning the walls, a Bachelors degree in economics and a Masters degree in business. He had always succeeded easily in school, grasping even the most difficult concepts, acing the tests, and impressing his teachers and professors, but he had never really learned how to empathize with his peers.
            He was easily considered by everyone to be one of the more popular students because of his looks and athletic abilities, but he was never forced to make any sort of effort in developing and sustaining a friendship.
            Reserved by nature and reinforced by the same behaviour in his father, he had always found it difficult to get close to people. Very few people really knew who he was, save for his younger sister, Gina, and his cousin, Richard. Even Chad, who had been a good friend since university days, had not really known him all that deeply. His friendship with Chad had always been based on his friend’s outgoing nature and ability to strike up conversations with just about anyone. That complimented Will’s own lack of natural ability in that area. Chad looked to Will for wisdom and guidance, as he enjoyed life so much he sometimes found it difficult to make a decision if it committed him to something at the expense of something else.
            William Denton could talk business and articulate his goals and direction for his company, taking the leadership with a youthful, but mature confidence. He found it difficult, however, to share his deepest feelings. He could be in a room full of people and still feel disconnected and flooded with a sense of loneliness. He wanted something more but had no idea how to go about getting it.
            When he broke things off with Carolyn, he had come to the realization that she had simply been happy with the idea of him. She knew little about who he was and really didn’t seem to care. She liked the attention of being with someone who was incredibly wealthy, who was thought to be handsome, and who was well respected. But after a little over a year, he found that the two of them had very little in common and consequently he ended their relationship. She took it hard, but he doubted that she would miss him that much, only those things that came with him.
            He had dated very little after that relationship. The magazine that named him one of the top 50 most eligible bachelors without any consideration whether or not he wanted that title, gave him cause to be suspect of any woman who tried to secure his attention and affections. He wondered whether it would ever be possible to enter into a relationship with a woman who was interested in him and not his wealth.
            He recalled watching his father when his mother had died. Although he knew his father and mother loved each other deeply, his father barely shed a tear and he admonished his son to bear up under it like a man, even though he was only 15 years old at the time. Ever since then, he had pushed his emotional side down as deep as he could. As a result, he found it difficult dealing with people who were emotional themselves. He now questioned whether that truly was a positive trait.
            He thought about his sister, Gina. She was almost twelve years younger than him, but she was the one person who could readily reach down into the depths of him and she made every attempt to do so. Ever since their father had died and he had been given guardianship of her, she had touched places in his heart that he had thought were sealed shut. But she