Mentor Skip was on his way back from a meeting with some new investors he had been introduced to in Vegas. They had been wanting to invest in the Hamilton's group for a while but Skip's presence had finally made it possible. It seemed like he might be staying a while in Vegas as the investment seemed positively hearty. It was just the right amount of work he needed to keep himself busy and his head vacant of other thoughts outside work and money. He had slowly and surely ejected himself from his friends and their vacationing and had even distanced himself more after Matt had asked him if it was because of her he was working so hard, like he had not always been a workaholic. It did not help that all of his friends had been there with him on Saturday morning to witness his deject

