Nice guys sometimes finish second. I sat on the Emma Cleary story to allow time for negotiations to continue in private and my fair friends over at Grub Street ended up beating me to the punch. Since yesterday, a bad situation has gotten worse and lawsuits and injunctions seem to be imminent. The much awaited redux of Double Happiness into a restaurant lounge manned by gal around town Emma Cleary will most likely not happen. Although sources have told me that the space is just about done, internal strife between the investors and Emma have reached defcon 5 and she "feels better just walking away.” The problem here for the investment group is that it is her dear name on the liquor license. It is my understanding that if she does turn in the license as she plans to do, as early as today, the place will have to reapply, a process that will push the opening back for a year and maybe forever.