about an hour from here

"Wonderful." Ray sat in a rocker, still sweating, still breathing heavily. He would not ask how long Forrest had been sober. Couldn't have been more than twenty-four hours. Forrest bounced from the swing and pulled the other rocker near Ray. "I need some help, Bro," he said, sitting on the edge of the chair. :c  Here we go again, Ray said to himself. "I'm listening." "I need some help," he blurted again, rubbing his hands fiercely as if the words were painful. Ray had seen it before and had no patience. "Let's go, Forrest, what is it?" It was money, first of all. After that, there were several possibilities. "There's a place I want to go, about an hour from here. It's way out in the woods, close to nothing, very pretty, a nice little lake in the center, comfortable rooms." He pulled a wrinkled business card from his pocket and handed it to Ray. Alcorn Village. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility. A Ministry of the Methodist Church. "Who's Oscar Meave?" Ray asked, looking at the card. "A guy I met a few years ago. He helped me, now he's at that place." "It's a detox center." "Detox, rehab, drug unit, dry-out tank, spa, ranch, village, jail, prison, mental ward, call it whatever you want. I don't care. I need help, Ray. Now," He covered his face with his hands and began crying "Okay, okay." Ray said. "Give me the details. " Forrest wiped his eyes and his nose and sucked in a heavy load of air. "Call the guy and see if they have a room," he said, his voice quivering” “How long will you stay?" "Four weeks, I think, but Oscar can tell you." "And what's the cost?" "Somewhere around three hundred bucks a day. I was thinking maybe I could borrow against my share of this place, get Harry Rex to ask the judge if there's a way to get some money now." Tears were dripping from the corners of his eyes. Ray had seen the tears before. He'd heard the pleas and the promises, and no matter how hard and cynical he tried to be at that moment, he melted. "We'll do something," he said. "I'll call this guy now." "Please, Ray, I want to go right now."