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was amazing!”
    She was pretty sure the guy on the operating table didn’t think it was too amazing. She kept the thought to herself because she wanted to know what happened.
    “I called you around six just before we decided to pull the rod out. The thing had actually gone through a part of his heart.”
    “No!”
    “Yes! But get this, the guy’s some cardio-fitness die hard and his heart kept beating and working like nothing had happened. It was leaking blood into his chest but the heart seemed oblivious to the metal.”
    Holy smokes ! Definitely a good excuse for missing New Year’s with her.
    “Your dad came in and pulled the rod out so I could concentrate on the guy’s heart. It was incredible. We lost him and then managed to get him back and, you won’t believe this, saved him. Then some intern pulled the drain tube out by mistake. He said his fingers got caught when he was fixing the monitor. Anyways, back to surgery we went. The guy did not want to die. I’ve never seen a body so determined to fight.”
    He filled her in on more of the surgery. As his yawns seemed to happen more than his words, she pretended to be exhausted.
    “Okay,” he said. “I’ll let you go. When do you think you’ll be up this way next?”
    She sighed, hoping the noise didn’t echo too loudly through the phone. “It won’t be til after Valentine’s. We have the auction dinner called Have a Heart and I need to organize that. What about you? Do you have a weekend off?”
    “Let me check my schedule.” A moment later he huffed. “I’ve got a workshop for new interns, a bunch of meetings, a conference. No, I can’t make it out to you for another five, maybe six, weeks.”
    She was glad he couldn’t see her face and the disappointment on it. They both had jobs that came first. His especially. “We’ll just have to set up a Skype session or two.”
    “What’s Skype?”
    Oh no. “Do you have an iPad? FaceTime?”
    “Yup. I think so.”
    She explained the program and when they finally agreed to hang up, he promised he would FaceTime tomorrow. She hoped the next month would fly by and planned on seeing him on, if not before, Valentine’s Day.

 
     
     
    Chapter 9
     
    “How are the auctions going?” Charity leaned over the computer tech’s shoulder to get a closer look at the screen. It was hard to believe the past four weeks had flown by and here they were, about to start the Have a Heart Auction. She pointed to a thousand dollar heart that popped up on the screen. “Who’s that for?”
    The tech laughed. “I thought you said you didn’t want to know anyone’s bids until the end of the night?” She scooted her chair over and pointed to the vacant one beside her. “Have a seat.”
    Charity set her coffee on the desk and sat down. “Thanks, Samantha. So how does it work?”
    “Call me Sam. Everybody does.” She turned the monitor so Charity could see it. “You already know the bids can be done over the internet or by phone. It’s early now, but give it another twenty minutes and the screen will light up like a bingo game. People place their bids or the pre-bids are inserted and each square represents a specific person.”
    “I just can’t believe this kind of thing is popular. It blows my mind. A fellow fundraiser I know suggested it. I was hesitant to do it but there are a lot of good-looking doctors and staff so I figured it was worth trying here.” Charity shook her head. “That sounds really cheesy. I don’t mean how it sounds –”
    “I getchya. I’ve done this program for four years now and it’s always been successful. You don’t need to worry.” Sam checked her watch and turned back to the screen. “It should get crazy any minute now.”
    As if on cue, the monitor began beeping and flashing numbers all over it. Two specific spots flashed repeatedly and their numbers rose at rapid rates.
    “Who are those?” Charity tried to catch the letter that corresponded to the big flashing numbers