Chapter 221: Twenty Years Sentence

Chapter 221: Twenty Years Sentence

**Third Person POV**

The courthouse was crowded that morning. Reporters filled the steps outside, cameras flashing like lightning strikes as they fought to capture the face of the woman who had once fooled them all.

Inside, the air was thick with whispers bouncing across the gallery, lawyers shuffling papers, police officers stationed at every corner. And in the middle of it all sat Bella Adams, her hands cuffed, her chin lifted high in defiance.

She wore a plain suit that the state had given her, but she carried herself as if she still wore designer silk. Her eyes flickered across the room, lingering on Bryan and Christiana where they sat side by side in the front row. Bryan’s arm was around Christiana’s shoulders, his thumb rubbing slow circles as though grounding her.

Christiana’s wounds were bandaged now, but the memory of Bella’s knife still haunted her skin.

The judge entered, robes sweeping, and the bailiff called for silence.

“Case number 14-