matt 's brother just sauntered into my office and was now strong-arming me into flying to new york to rescue matt 's alcoholic ass ( that was doing god knows what in some random cabin ) , and oh , before i even agreed to this crackpot plan , he 'd talked to my boss and cleared my schedule- `` ... some spending money , '' nate was saying , `` travel expenses , anything you need above and beyond the car and the ticket .