Medical Center.
Dr. Bailey immediately guessed that Kelly had gone after the dog with a meat bun and never returned.
But she didn't know the trope about the Calabash Brothers going to save their grandfather, so she went to find Mark and asked him to persuade his buddy to come back.
Just as expected, he got stuck over there too and couldn't come back.
Then came Dr. Burke.
Then Dr. Montgomery.
In the end, even the Chief of Surgery went.
"Dr. Bailey, where did everyone else go?"
During a break between surgeries, Adam also realized something was wrong.
He performed every kind of surgery.
Since the Chief of Surgery had delegated authority to Dr. Nelson, the former Chief of Neurosurgery, to help handle simple craniotomies, the backlog of neurosurgeries had greatly decreased.
But surgeries in the other departments had begun piling up again.
Unable to hold back any longer, he left the Operating Room for the first time in three days to ask what was going on.
"I thought you wanted to stay in the Operating Room forever?"
Dr. Bailey teased.
"No choice."
Adam spread his hands. "Tomorrow is Valentine's Day."
He had solved the seventh level of Paige's game a few days ago, but since Valentine's Day was only a few days away, Adam decided not to rush it and give Paige the surprise on Valentine's Day instead.
By then, their performance of the Song of 777 would be even more unforgettable.
But who could have expected Dr. Shepherd's sudden strike, along with the massive influx of patients?
And now, the department heads from the other specialties had disappeared somewhere too.
His need to increase his Lifespan was no longer so urgent. Steady progress would be enough.
He had no desire at all to miss this Valentine's Day duet