A &E Affairs. Lynne Marshall

      Excited about the OR opportunity, Beck couldn’t help being a bit disappointed when he realized he wouldn’t be seeing Jan again the rest of the shift. She’d teased him earlier and he was hoping for that shot at another date, but now it would have to wait.

      Taking the hallway steps two at a time, rather than wait for the notoriously slow elevator, Beck was halfway to the second-floor surgery suites when his cellphone rang.

      It was Jan.