“Why, thank you, Ken. It’s adorable.” Adam bent down to have a closer look. There was a miniature sign in front of the building: GARDNER SENIOR LIVING. Adam picked up the sign. Oh, this was rich. Gardner Senior Living. A laugh sputtered out of him like an old water faucet. Addressing the audience, he said, “Of all the buildings I ever thought might someday bear my name—say, a lab at the CCIO or a library at one of my alma maters, Dartmouth or BU—it never once occurred to me that my inaugural building would be a nursing home!” “It’s not a nursing home, Dad,” Ken said. “It’s a state-of-the-art
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