"The number you are trying to reach is currently unavailable."

Meredith stared at his phone, his frustration mounting as the automated message repeated for the fifth time.

Something was off. Even if Nora was caught up in surgery, her phone would usually ring. Completely unreachable? That wasn’t like her.

Could her phone have died? Maybe, but in their line of work, that was unusual. Doctors always stayed connected—for emergencies, if nothing ...