Claiming His Birthright

When he left home for college, Andy told himself he wasn't going to do porn. Having pornstar parents made high school difficult. Everybody liked to make jokes about how they'd all seen his mom and dad naked. Even if they didn't say anything, he knew that anyone with two eyeballs and any amount of sex drive would know Jack and Patricia Hardwood when they showed up for parent-teacher conferences or to cheer him at basketball games. It occasionally had its perks, but it was mostly hell and he wanted to get away from porn as quickly as he could. Andy majored in economics and business administration in college and graduated with honors. When he finished school, his father told him there was a job waiting for him at the family's production company, Hardwood Studios. He declined, forcefully. He assumed that a six-figure salary at a bank or a hedge fund would be waiting when he graduated. He could finally get away from his family and the business.

Sadly, when he started applying for jobs, he found that great grades were the bare minimum to get a foot in the door. Time after time, he landed interviews for great jobs at prestigious companies, only to get passed over. Most of the time, the jobs he applied for would go to the children of senior members of the firms or their clients. (Even a 4.0 GPA can't outscore generational wealth and nepotism.) On the few occasions he made it to the final rounds of consideration, the firms would do background checks and find out about his parents. Despite the fact that Andy never had anything to do with porn, the social stigma of the business followed him and froze him out of the life he wanted.

Six months past. Most of his friends found jobs, glamorous or otherwise. They started moving into apartments away from home. They were meeting people, dating, and moving on with their lives. Meanwhile, Andy was stuck at home with his folks. He grew depressed. Saw his friends less and less. His dreams of success in the world of high finance faded. He just wanted to move on.

It took three more months before Andy broke down and asked his parents if he there was still room for him to come work at Hardwood Studios. He apologized for insulting when he graduated. He didn't know what he was doing, or how generous they were for offering him work. And they understood, of course. Andy was their son, after all, and they wanted him to achieve his dreams.

That said, it wasn't as if bringing Andy into the fold wasn't in their best interest. Andy returned from college a full-grown man. He was tall, handsome and, based on the bulge in his pants, he was packing more heat than his famously foot-long father. When the family discussed his role in the business, Andy insisted that he wanted a job in accounting or business management--Something away from the stage. Jack and Patty knew, however, that Andy was their son, and that he was born to perform. All they had to do was figure out to make him see that for himself.