“Is he little?”
“No. He likes BDSM and shit. He always tries to find a Dom when we go to Afterglow.”
“Oh. Well, I guess that could be fun.”
Joey rolled his eyes. “I’ve known him since we were kids, so it’s weird to think about, honestly.”
We laughed at that, and soon enough, it was time for lunch. We made PB&J sammies with apple slices and juice boxes. After that, we played Sorry, but Joey beat me twice, so when Daddy showed up to get me, I was ready to go.
That night, I was so tired after playing all day that we had dinner and went to bed early. When I got up the next morning, the things that I needed to sort out were ruminating in my head again. I got up and went downstairs to clean the pool. It was a little cool but refreshing. I grabbed the skimmer and scoop-scoop-scooped the leaves, knocking them into the yard. It was very satisfying to clean while I thought about my life.
Soon enough, Daddy showed up. “You know I have someone who comes to do that.”
“I know.” He paid them to come out like every other day, and then they did a big vacuum job on Thursdays, at least in the summertime. “But I like to do it when I’m thinking thinky things.”
“I see.” He sat on the edge of the pool and put his bare feet in the water. “What kind of things are you thinking?”
“Mostly, what I might do other than insurance sales.”
“Oh? Well, that’s something worth thinking about.”
“Yeah…” I put the skimmer on the side of the pool and swam up to Daddy, getting between his legs. “Just thinking about the project I helped Joey with. It was for a friend of Levi’s who used to work with him at Koffee Kraze.”
“That Andy guy?”
“No. His name is Colin and he started a car wash business. You know the kind where they go to your place and clean the cars. He specializes in the fancy ones. Anyway, his daddy helped him get started, and he’s doing well, making lots of money.”
“You want to wash cars?”
“No. Silly, Daddy.” I splashed him, but only a little bit, because I really wanted to have this conversation. “I’m just thinking that he took something he loved and made it work for him. And honestly, so did Joey.”
“He did. He wanted to be a social media influencer but he’s making more money doing marketing for others.”
“Right. And Jax. He could have just bought and sold yachts or something, but instead he found a niche renting them for vacations.”
“What is all of this leading to, Cody?”
“Maybe I have an idea. The one I mentioned during our Pride Trip, but then I thought I was being stupid, so I put it out of my head.”
“No way. You should at least thoroughly vet the idea. Maybe it’s like your friends. It might not be quite right, but some aspects of it could be. You have to at least try and work that out for sure.”
“That’s what I was thinking.”
“So what’s your idea? You know, I’ve invested in a lot of businesses. I can help.”
“Right. You or Daddy Hudson. Oh, or Daddy Larry, that’s what he does, right?”
“Well, he buys and sells businesses along with investing, like Crow.”
“Yeah. That’s where Daddy Vince was today.”
“Out with Larry?”
“Yeah. Doing investing stuff.”
“He’s looking into a lot of different things. He might be bringing something for me to invest in with him. But now you’ve changed the subject. What’s your idea?”
“Well. I love Florida, and if I didn’t live here, I’d probably want to. Or at least I’d want to visit a lot. So I thought other people would too, and I know there are like vacation houses they can rent, but maybe there’s something there that I could do.” I shrugged. “If I’m gonna sell things for a living, I might as well sell things for me, the way I want to do it.”
