You can’t keep doing this, don’t know how long you can keep your nose above water, and in the new book “The Business of Lovers” by Eric Jerome Dickey, you’ll do just about anything to make more money.

So when Penny brought two other women back to Brick’s car after one night at a high-end hotel, he suddenly had himself a “pace” of women, a full-time bodyguard job, and three part-time lovers-sometime-roommates.

Brick was captivated by Mocha Latte, who’d grown up on a Texas farm and wanted that life again, plus husband and kids.

It was Christiana who told Brick about the business; it was she who offered to set him up with rich women who wanted love on a single-night basis.

It was money that ended Brick’s last relationship.