Michael Hammersmith started his specialty law firm, Extreme Arbitration, to help those failed by the official channels of justice. But during college, he and his best friend Victor Jensen, known as VJ, needed help after being failed by the authorities. This story takes place 15 years before the first two incidents.
John, Michael's older brother and an Mixed Martial Arts fighter, didn't want his baby brother to follow the violent path he did and become a fighter. But when a bully wouldn't back off, John came to help and show Michael and VJ how Extreme Arbitration dealt with a person everyone pointed to and agreed, “He needed killing.” This was Texas, and when the official channels fail, Texans protect their own.
Novella - 11,700 words.