Mercedes Shoupe hated all Pogues, especially JJ Maybanks. They were always up to no good, stealing, thieving, vandalizing, the list went on and on. And JJ Maybanks was the absolute worst out of all of them; he went beyond trouble maker. He was the definition of that. It infuriated her; it was her own job and responsibility to constantly throw them in jail, yet they--he--seemed to keep slipping through her fingers. So what in gods name convinced her to become a Pogue? This is her story, their story, of how JJ and Mercedes became friends. More than friends ...