A Diamond in the Rough

By Wilson Zaring

It is said, “character is what you are when no one is looking”. No one was looking when Andy comes across, what he believes to be, an uncut diamond while walking through a mine. Andy's character is certainly put to the test. His temptation takes him farther and keeps him long then he had intended. Is this the best day of his life or the beginning of the end for Andy? You decide.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilson Zaring
• Release date: Jun 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301059317

Wilson Zaring

Wilson M Zaring is a retired Associate Professor of Mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He coauthored four mathematics textbooks during his teaching career. After retirement, Wilson began delving into his passion with earnest—genealogy. He has published three genealogical works, as well as coauthoring a history of the First United Methodist Church of Champaign, Illinois. Born and raised in Kentucky, Wilson moved to Champaign, Illinois to start his career in mathematics. He, and his wife, raised two children in Champaign, where he currently is enjoying his retirement by researching genealogy and writing fiction.

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A Diamond in the Rough

By

Wilson Zaring

David and Nora Zaring, Editors

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Published by Glorious Expressions at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Wilson Zaring

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Table of Contents

1. Who is Andrew Colby?

2. First stop, a motel.

3. Can he get what he wants in New Your?

4. Looking for a buyer.

5. Closing the deal.

6. Epilogue

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Andrew Colby was a small man, an ordinary man. He had worn glasses since he was a child. Andy was a businessman. Actually, he was an accountant, who worked for a business. As an accountant, he was at best adequate. In fact, that about summed him up. He was adequate, until one day adequate proved to be more than sufficient. Andy collected rocks. His knowledge of rocks was adequate. He knew most of the common ones by sight. He knew igneous from sedimentary, but that was about it. One spring day, he was on vacation traveling through the hills of West Virginia, on his way to Washington, when events seized control of his life. Here is his story.

Andy appreciated the rural landscape, so when he traveled he avoided interstates. He liked scenery; he loved to drive curvy country roads. He rounded a curve and came upon a small restaurant, Lafe’s