Proverbs

I knew what it meant to be called the teacher's pet and later on I learned how to defend myself. As a mature adult, I never hit five feet ten inches in height and my best attempt at bulking up for any kind of school sports still left me sadly lacking at 140 pounds soaking wet. The girls liked me because I was no threat, but that didn't stop the jocks from slamming me into the lockers because their girlfriends showed me attention, or maybe it was because I didn't try to stop them and was no threat.In class I was the go-to kid, even for the bullies and I was hounded to help them pass their classes, which I did in return for protection... and that is how I was initially introduced to the life of crime via"sharking" money. Loaning money to friends is common among school kids, but what I started was far more elaborate and the hush rule went along with the loan. In other words, if I loan you ten dollars, tomorrow you owe me twenty and if anyone finds out about it, I will never loan you money again.If you try to strong arm me, I will pay someone bigger than you to simply get my money out of you one way or the other.The Finisher Series is book sixteen, titled Proverbs (Harris County code term) and features reoccurring characters along with a bevy of bag guys and gals and adult situations. James Michael O'Rourke lives in the violent underbelly of society and will take you along with him, if you dare to follow.