#Chapter 272: The Voice

Ella’s POV Three weeks later, I found myself descending into the small laboratory beneath the Anthonies’ home for the fourth time. Both of the doctors were waiting for me there, already geared up in their lab coats and gloves. “What’s all this?” I asked, gesturing to the arrangement of various tools and instruments that I didn’t recognize spread across the metal lab table as I set my bag down and shrugged off my jacket. “Ella, please, take a seat.” Tony smiled and wheeled a chair over to the table. I perched on it and took a closer look at the instruments; there was one particularly large needle that made my nerves alight with worry. Anthony cleared his throat. “You don’t need to consent to this, of course.” “We would understand if you didn’t,” Tony added. I frowned, brows drawing together. “What is it? You guys are sort of freaking me out.” The two doctors exchanged looks. Then, Anthony picked up the enormous needle and held it up so I could see i