Zoe repeated Ryan's words somewhat blankly, "Ten years."

How long was ten years, really?

She calculated that in ten years, Christopher would be forty.

After the trial concluded, Christopher was led away by police, soon to be taken to prison.

Zoe instinctively felt that Christopher was looking at her as he was being taken away.

Yet, she didn't dare to look up, lacking even the bravery to make eye contact with him for just a moment.

Having believed she had fought hard for a month, all she had secured in the end was such a long prison sentence.

Now, she felt she had no face left to show him.

Ten...