Chapter 12

I wasn’t surprised to learn that Ronny Shower mirrored the image of his twin brother, Rudy. Both men were blonds, had a pale hue to their skin, and had middleweight frames that were eye-appealing. Details that I had collected about the Shower brothers told me that Ronny was older than Rudy by three minutes, not that it seemed important. Other details of the pair detailed that Rudy worked hard for his money as a bartender, attended Hurricane Bay College when he wasn’t working, came across as being responsible in life, and maintained being the complete opposite of Ronny.

To be frank, Ronny hustled for a living on a forty-five-foot schooner called Maiden’s Mist, and he had fucked a lot of dudes to obtain the boat. The Gulf, booze, men, drugs, and sex were his passions. And his father, Milton William Shower, was a cigarette-producing tycoon. Milton didn’t support Ronny and his bad habits.