Here's what I find interesting -- What happened between RayK and Fraser that made RayK go back to Chicago looking for RayV in that condition? Stella's just the gravy, as he says. It seems to me it's Vecchio he's looking for.

This in particular was a gorgeous line: That’s the thing that makes you have another beer, and then another—keep ‘em coming!—to put off the moment when your mouth has to hold that acrid taste of failure, futility, wasted time.

I'd love to see more of this universe!