My mentor was a true genius and aerospace engineer, having flown in Korea and worked on Apollo.
On the side he and a friend develop the first chip based slot machine and had set up a meeting with Bally in Las Vegas.
My mentor couldn't make the meeting so his partner went alone.
Soon his partner called and said, "Some guy came to my room and they want our prototype....NOW, no questions, no bargaining."
My mentor said, "Let them have it, it's not worth dying over."
Either you or your mentor is a bad liar.