Chapter 15

“What’s up?” Eric said.

“Why don’t you take over from here. I have no idea where your house is located.”

“I can do that.”

They switched places, and Eric pointed the truck toward the nearby community of Archer, eventually stopping in front of a neat little house on the outskirts of the town.

“This looks nice,” Carlton said.

“Yeah, it’s just a typical shotgun house, but it’s all mine. Well, mine and the bank’s.”

“I know the feeling.”

“Really? I thought you were rich.”

“Yeah, but I wasn’t born that way. I might have struck it rich, playing the stock market while I was in grad school, but up till then, I was mortgaged to the hilt, just like most people.”

“Is the stock market the only source of your wealth?” Eric said.

“Not at all. I’ve done pretty well in real estate.”

“How do you do that?”

“Mostly by buying extremely low and selling really high.”