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

But he would never, never be someone else’s pool boy. Only mine. Always mine.


I told him, “It’s not a Harley or anything like that. It’s just part of me. A special book. Something from my soul. Something you will always remember me by.”


“I like it. Thank you.” And he pulled away and gently placed the gift back into its black box of tissue, fumbled with his satchel, opened it, and carefully hid the book inside with his clothes. He stood then, looked me square in the eyes, and we didn’t say anything for the longest time, just observed each other’s noses and eyes, lips and chins, and waited for the other one to speak.


Nothingness as we listened to the rain at the end of summer.75: Goodbye


The wind and rain became fierce, smacking against the lake house, heightening.


I couldn’t help myself and took him into my arms, collapsing him against me, and cried, “I don’t want you to leave. Please don’t leave. Stay here with me.”


“But I have to go. Classes begin soon.”


Chapter 74