Whiskey, Vows & Legacy

osie McCallister yelled over the phone. She was pis

round the pavement in five-inch-high heels. To top that, she is yelling a

st prestigious event halls in the country

lked past, for fear that she wou

e them. She would do th

r fifteen minutes now, sayin

ed her to go hang out with her sleazy boyfrie

o this stupid event, where a bunch of pretenti

ence between a Château de la Lumière and a th

" She asked, "You are the one tha

plied. "Just look for a guy with blonde hair, a goatee, a silk s

lous. "You do realize almost every man here is weari

got them into these kinds of events. Rosie was the wine expert and self-p

of two thousand strangers on the internet

ly awkward wine and spirit lover who mostly preferred her ow

nd hosted a podcast to help promote

am and mounting debt, which they were desperate to p

ine, whiskey, and high-end spirit event of the year, would g

ts any idea in her head; there was n

the event together, and one actually responded. She g

because he was a bigshot and was supposedly close to one

-show, and Rosie doesn't have the faintes

a shouting match with her phone in front of a hall entrance, f

ackground. Freddie, the sleazy son of a...well his mum

is event for that sleaze bag?" Rosie scre

you don't understand what we sha

and he doesn't believe in our dream, Daddy's

me," Sophie responded,

ciding to deal with more pressing and immediate issues "How am I g

e his number," Sophi

have his number?" Rosie

and that I would be standing with my sister at t

taring blankly at absolutely nothing. She

," Sophie said, breaking the awkward silence. "We will ge

, "Tick tock, babe, we've got to get going. The guys ar

hun," Soph

omise I will make it up to you,"

e from her ear and stared at it in utte

paid someone to do her makeup, which she decided was overkill, and ended up doing it

lete bust. One way or the other, she was

there, picked up her compact mirror, looked

ng a glass or twenty of whatever premium liquor they were serving at this gala. Talk to so

retentious wine aficionado in this place if he