"Are you saying that person was on this street at the time, or did you leave him inside the building in front of us?"
By the time Gabriel had truly sobered up—well, at least to the point where her legs were no longer wobbling, though she would still get arrested for drunk driving—she had led Evenson to an intersection in New York.
Green Shade Garden Nursing Center. Evenson raised his head and looked at the three-story nursing home before him. It was truly hard to imagine what that person's life inside this place had been like.
Calling this nursing home historic was the flattering way to put it. From another angle, it was simply in disrepair. Evenson felt that in a few years, with urban redevelopment, it would probably be demolished.
"Of course he's inside." Gabriel's eyes were still bleary with drink. As she spoke, she staggered backward. Fortunately, Evenson reacted quickly and grabbed her, preventing the tragedy of her being run over by a car. But the moment she steadied herself, she pulled out a flask from her clothes and took a swig.
"Didn't you say you were quitting drinking?" Evenson stared at the pure silver flask, edged in gold and set with sapphires, looking displeased. Back at the Final Doctrine, Gabriel had practically sworn to heaven and earth that she would never touch another drop. How long had it been before she broke her vow?
"Whew..." Gabriel blew a thick cloud of alcohol fumes into Evenson's face without the slightest concern for her image. "Delicious."
Evenson shook his head helplessly and followed Gabriel into the nursing home to look for the person she had mentioned. Fortunately, Gabriel had personally handled the admission paperwork back then. Aside from being puzzled by her now thick head of hair and asking