"I’m back now! All of that doesn’t matter. If we leave the gang to Hayden, Torex will become weak, and you know that! Stop being so stubborn. I know that you’re pissed but I’m ready to take over now!" Harvey yelled back equally as loudly.
Father and son stared at each other, and it became clear that Harvey had inherited the boss’s temper, at least to a certain degree. Of all the times that I’ve seen Hayden engage in an argument with the boss, he had never shouted at the boss like this before. Hayden’s approach was colder and calmer.
Hayden let out a sigh next to me as he glanced at his watch as if wondering how long those two will go at it. It was clear that Hayden didn’t want to get involved and I was starting to worry if violence will break out between the other two.
"Is this...normal?" I dared to ask in a small whisper.
"Absolutely. It’s completely normal. It’s how those two normally communicate," Hayden said with a chuckle.
"Right..." I whispered before wincing as the voice in the room seemed to boom even louder than before.
Maybe we should just get out of here and leave the two of them to sort things out.
"Never mind them. What about you? What do you want me to do?" Hayden asked and I knew that he was referring to his question to me before.
If I had to choose, then I would choose the alternative that made Hayden happiest. He hated this job, right?
"You don’t really want to take over the gang and I don’t want you to do something that you don’t want to. So, I’ll probably choose for Harvey to take over instead. It seems like he wants to do that as well," I replied after some thought.
"Maybe or maybe he’s just saying all that because he’s thinking exactly what you’re thinking," Hayden whispered to me.
"What do you mean?" I asked to make sure that I understood things properly.
Harvey thinks the way that I do?
"He doesn’t want me to spend my life doing something that I don’t want to do..." Hayden replied before he smiled sadly at me.
"What’s going to happen to the gang now?" I asked, suddenly feeling very worried.
"Harvey will take over soon, most probably. Things will get...more exciting with him as the new boss," Hayden said with a laugh.
More exciting?
"As in..." I mumbled.
Hayden turned to smile before he winked at me, and I had a bad feeling about this.
"Harvey’s methods are...a little more violent and crazy than mine. That’s for sure. Unlike me, he specializes heavily on the mafia side of the business and doesn’t care much about the white and clean side of things. He’ll probably leave that to hired business managers while he enjoys whipping people like slaves on the dark side," Hayden explained before he laughed loudly.
"Isn’t that...bad?" I questioned.
"Not really. It’s probably the most efficient way to manage the gang as well as the other gangs. Harvey won’t let things slide by as easily as I did. He’s even tougher than the boss, honestly," Hayden replied with a careless shrug of his shoulders.
"Hayden...what are you going to do from now on?" I asked what had been foremost on my mind.
"I can’t tell you...but I can show you when the time comes..." Hayden replied with a confident smile.
Something told me that he had things figured out for us already, but I still hated the fact that he wouldn’t tell me anything at all.
"You should just tell me..." I complained before I started pouting for real.
Can’t he see how worried I am? How much longer do I need to feel worry like this?
"Don’t make that face...it makes me want to tease you more..." Hayden said.
--To be continued...