Jake Randolph in "Bourbon On The Rocks" Pt. 204

I saw it in his eyes, a look that said, This asshole’s either the dumbest or the bravest man I’ve ever seen. I tended to think that maybe I was a little bit of both.

Everyone in the place gasped and started murmuring to each other, their eyes darting between me and Diamond. He slid his chair back and stood up. It was like two gunslingers in the Old West staring each other down in the middle of the street. All that was missing to complete the scene was a piece of sagebrush blowing through the middle of the club…