**Two Years Later**
"By looking at the evidence, it is proven that Melissa Benjamin has not only been involved in the murder of her husband and police officer Matthew Vincent, but also wrongly accused the innocent man Joseph in a r**e case and got him into false imprisonment. So the court decides life imprisonment for Melissa Benjamin," the judge declared, and brought her gavel down with a sharp crack.
Zane let out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. Beside him, Aria's hand slipped into his, her fingers trembling, not from fear this time, but from something closer to relief.
"Please, have mercy," Melissa begged as tears cut down her face. But mercy wasn't hers to ask for anymore. The guards closed in on either side of her, pulling her wailing form toward the doors, her pleas
