Diamonds And Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale - Plot & Excerpts
He swiveled around and leaned over the bar, swirling the dregs of his gin and tonic around in his glass. Unfortunately, during dinner, and with a table full of guests, his father had taken it upon himself to tell Sam of Chas’s intentions to ask him to be his best man at his wedding, so Chas had had no choice but to go through with it. Oh, well. One more embarrassing mess to clean up tossed onto a plate full of them hardly signified worrying about at this point. A beefy hand patted his shoulder. “What’s got you so long in the face, my boy,” his dad said, motioning to the bartender to set two more of the same up for them. Chas only hesitated for a moment. What the hell? The choice was all but made, and his dad was going to badger him about the details until he finally caved and told him the whole crazy story anyway. Might as well tell him now, while he had alcohol at hand to numb the blow and soften the edges. “I tried to sell Blue Lightnin’, but it fell through.” “You mean you tried again, with the same party?”
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