Somewhat Normal

**6 months later**

After a long discussion between Hayden and the boss, a hard decision was made with the intent to remove Hayden and me from the Torex gang as much as possible. It took a long time and multiple conversation with the boss for a decision to be reached that allowed Hayden to change his last name from Torex to something else. Of course, that also meant that I wouldn’t have the Torex last name, and neither would our children if we ended up having them in the future.

The decision probably wouldn’t have been reached had it not been for Harvey’s support. In the end, the boss had to give in on this. For the boss, this was a very big deal because the decision held significant symbolic meaning. Publicly, it would look like Hayden had been disowned from his family.

“Are you sure that this is a good idea?” I asked.

“Of course, it is. We’ll be freer to do whatever we want to do without the Torex last name on our backs and it’s not like I’ve been disowned for real. Within Torex, I