Because his pool is untended and filthy, romance author Robert Fine needs to hire a pool boy for the summertime position at his estate. So at the beginning of summer, he places an ad for a pool boy to hire. Enter Kent Tacoma, an ex-Navy stud, handsome, who lands an interview. Almost immediately Robert enjoys his company and himself, hiring Kent on the spot. As Tacoma tends the pool, Robert cannot keep his hungry eyes off the young man. All he can think about is his desire. Unfortunately, Tacoma starts to break Robert’s house rules with a local bad boy named Katz Strong, Tacoma’s opposite. Soon a jealous Robert is convinced Tacoma is under Katz’s bad influence. As Tacoma pulls away from Robert and grows closer to Katz. Robert finds his rage building. Can’t the three men just get along? As summer comes to a close, Tacoma becomes the center of everyone’s attention. Whose heart will survive the heated summer?

The Pool Boy

Near midnight, the sky filled with brilliant colors, blooming among the stars, exploding into mushroom-shaped lights, bursting and filling the sky. Halfway through the display I watched Tacoma across from me. He had one leg propped over the other, neck arched, eyes glued to the colorful night. I couldn’t think of anyone more handsome, charming, and monumental in my life; a sex symbol of sorts. Mine for the summer. Found and mine. A prize.


Tacoma sipped his daiquiri, immersed in the fireworks. Fiery reds, canary yellows, butterfly blues, and sunny yellows filled the heavens. Explosions of fireworks went boom!…boom!…boom!…for twenty minutes or more.


Before the finale he turned to me and said, “It’s beautiful. One of the most amazing displays I have seen.”


“Yes,” I responded, speaking of him rather than the fireworks display. “Beautiful indeed. I wish they were here all year round. Something to have and enjoy every day.”


We became drunk and silly that night on the balcony.


Chapter 21