'Hope is a dangerous and oftentimes lethal expectation'
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Everybody's head turned toward me, then they looked at my arm. Silence filled the air, each one of us was tense, not knowing what to say.
Ace loosened his hold on my arm. Usually when one's limb was released from a tight grip, you would feel a surge of blood rushing through your veins. But all I felt was nothing. I tried to lift my arm but all I could feel was numbness. At first I thought this was because there was no blood flow but that changes when I felt a shoot of pain going up my arm. I winced in pain.
"Ow," I said, breaking the silence.
Tears formed in my eyes from the sudden pain in my arm. My mind screamed at me to not
