"You're awake?" Lily's cheerful voice drifted over as if nothing was wrong.
Lily smiled and lightly tapped the syringe against her palm. "Perfect. Couldn't have picked a better time." She lifted it toward me and spoke in the same gentle tone a dentist might use with a child. "Now open wide... there we go."
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Why, extracting your tooth, of course!" she replied brightly, sounding almost excited.
The smile on Lily's face only grew wider. With every word, the hand holding the anesthetic syringe edged closer, her expression far too pleased for someone about to perform a medical procedure.
"Come on, open up," she coaxed. "Once the anesthetic kicks in, you won't feel a thing. It'll all be over before you know it."
"I don't need a tooth extraction!" I shouted, p
