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out the window to avoid conversation.
    “Are you sure about this?” Seth asked.
    Damnit, they were so close.
    “It’s something I need to do,” Johnny replied.
    “I don’t know, you seem okay to me. I’m afraid you’ll come out all church-y or something,” Seth worried.
    “It’s only for a month, buddy,” Johnny assured him.
    “We need you, Johnny,” Seth said flatly.
    “The tour is over. And you know I do my best writing when it’s just me and Ruby. This will give me a chance to hole up. I haven’t been feeling myself lately - too much drinking, not enough music,” he lied. “I need this.”
    He felt pretty bad about it when he felt Seth’s hand on his arm.
    “Whatever you have to do to get your head straight, man,” Seth told him. “You know I’m behind you.”
    Johnny knew that was true, which made the lie all the more painful.
    “Thanks. And don’t try to replace me while I’m in there,” he joked weakly.
    Seth laughed and the car mercifully pulled up to the iron gates before they had more time to talk.
    Malibu Sanctuaries spread out before them on an emerald lawn - a campus of luxury adobe buildings with huge windows and terra cotta roof tiles. The grass alone would cost a fortune to irrigate.
    A guard came around to chat with Ethan. That would be a one-way conversation.
    “Swanky,” Seth said, eyebrows raised.
    “Right?” Johnny said.
    “It looks like the place where I had my Bar Mitzvah,” Seth noted.
    “I’m here for your things, sir,” a young man said in a firm, clear voice without making more than a normal amount of eye contact. He did not seem to be overly excited to see a big star in person.
    That was what eight thousand dollars a day bought - anonymity - or the closest possible imitation.
    “Not the guitar,” Johnny corrected him. “I’ll carry her myself.”
    He jumped out and grabbed little Ruby out of the trunk. She had her own compartment, but he always worried.
    He could see even more of the property now. It looked like there was a swimming pool. The sun reflected off its surface like blue glass.
    He turned back to say good-bye to Seth and couldn’t help but notice a black SUV parked across the street. Had that been there before? He was probably just being paranoid.
    He knew this would hit the papers, the trashy ones, at least. But he had been hoping to delay it for as long as possible. He didn’t want his family to worry. And once he was checked in, he’d be cut off from the outside world. That was part of the deal with this place. One of the main reasons he chose it.
    “I’ll walk in with you, man,” Seth told him.
    Johnny nodded and they headed inside.
    The open lobby was all glass walls and uncomfortable looking chairs - like the inside of a spaceship or something. At least they were getting interior design mileage out of that green, green grass outside.
    A buxom brunette at the desk stood up to greet him. Her face turned pink when she recognized him.
    The beast inside him tasted the air.
    “Welcome to Malibu Sanctuaries, I’m Angela,” she said in a breathy voice.
    She might as well have said, “ Hello there! My name doesn’t matter. I’m here to give you a championship blow job.”
    “Hey babe,” he said with a wink.
    Her lips parted and she blinked twice at him.
    “Um, Dr. Carter will be right here to do your physical. Then I can help you get settled in your room if you’d like,” she offered, batting her eyelashes just a bit.
    “That sounds great, but I don’t need the physical. I had my results sent ahead by my own doctor,” he corrected her.
    The nurse who was seated beside the receptionist stepped into the conversation. She was an older woman, and she wasn’t batting any eyelashes.
    “All patients have an intake exam,” she explained. “It’s part of treatment.”
    “No,” Johnny said firmly. “I will not be examined by another doctor.”
    If some strange doctor got access to him, this whole thing was up in smoke.
    “Sir, as