Wow. This was so so so very sad. But so well written. :( Poor Ryan! And poor Cohens! :((((((((((((((((((((((

GREAT STORY YOU GREAT JOB ON IT .

Damn. This fic should be marked as a tradgedy. (Hmm.. Maybe it is..? I better go check.)

Hmm. Nope, no tradgedy. In that case, I want you to know how blindsided, depressed and utterly sick I feel at the way you ended your story. Don't get me wrong, I like angst as much as the next person.. but there's a point when angst isn't angst any more.

I would have liked this story more, I think, If I'd gone in prepared for the likely ending.. it's like bracing for a collision, you know? So I'm near-tears and nauseous right now because I just hit that tree sans both warning and seatbelt.

Which a) Is good, because it means you're a powerful writer and capable of not falling into a cliche ending.

and

b) Is bad, because cliches *become* cliches because they're liked enough to be used over and over... :) I'd have been happy and totally sated - and most likely beaming at you right now - for a delicious story, peppered with angst but balanced (you know, too much angst gives you stomach ulcers? Yeah. You need those charcoal tablets or stomach-calmer-liquid or whatever...) by a happy(ish) ending.

BUT never fear! I have extreme experience with being deeply engaged with a fanfic, only to have it reach into my chest and rip out my lungs, SO I'm more than equipped to utterly delete that ending from my mind and fill in a more pleasant one.. :D That way the sheer enjoyment of the first 10 chapters aren't tainted by the anguish of the 11th.

Hmm. That sounds bad. Like I'm saying your last chapter was crap. It wasn't, at all. It was very well done, just like the rest of your story. But it also hurt, a lot, and I read fanfiction to get *away* from the pain in my life. So yeah.. :) Defence mechinisims lock into place!

All that said: Thank you for writing this story! I enjoyed it and I'm thankful that you wrote it and posted it online for complete strangers to enjoy!

seriously one of my favourite stories, i have to say. i am ridiculously in love with court mambo jumbo and the attwood angst and well, this story was an amazing combination of both! i really enjoyed it! oh btw, at first i was dreading the ending cause i thought it would definetely be not-guitly and i wasn't looking forward to the corniness of that, although i of course would've pleaded none guilty..i mean come on! it ryan attwood! wootwoot. lol, anyway, i was pleasentely surprised when i read the word guilty...no make that utterly shocked! (in a good way) keep up the good work!

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Could you please consider creating a sequel, maybe life after prison. thanks.

This was one of the most heart touching stories I have read. The Cohens really supporting Ryan and how he stood strong. I cried after reading it and I can't believe that Ryan went to jail. For once, there wasn't happy ending and thats what makes this story so different from others. Amazing.

Oh, that was so hard... And yet, it rings true. I kept hoping that the girlfriend would come clean, or her friend would step forward to refute the girlfriend's testimony. Or that there would be one more chapter, with a successful appeal... sigh...

Your writing is excellent - the pace and characterization seem exactly right. And the verdict, while wrenching, is supported by the evidence the jury heard. Poor Ryan - a hard knock life, indeed.

I'm going to have to go find something fluffy to read now - I'm feeling a little depressed. Which means you've done your job as a writer... your words have certainly evoked haunting sadness and a real sense of loss and pain. And while there is the recognition in the end that the Cohens will stick with Ryan, the horror of prison is so visceral and immediate and defining...

Heartbreaking.

Guilty? No way! That makes me so sad. . . It was still very well written and the ending was great, except for the whole prison thing. Other than that it was good and I'm satisfied, although maybe you should write and epilogue of when he get's out? Maybe, think about it, kay?

No. I didn't want Ryan to go to jail.

Your are evil.

Letting the story end with Ryan going to prison for 3 years?

How can you do that. *devastated* *crying out loud*

You can't end the story like this.

Please. I need an epilogue, which makes the story turn around to a good end or at least the promise of a sequel.

I need to know, what happens to Ryan now.

This last chapter made me cry! I had a feeling there would be some jail time, but considering it's fan fic I was hoping the jury would come back not guilty. Great story! This is going on my favorite story list. Hope you write a follow-up to this.

Oh no! Ryan's going away! But I don't want Ryan to go away! So now you're concocting a sequel right? Something with Jumpsuit Ryan for sure! (Makes prayer hands)!

Watching Ryan seperate himself from the Cohens are absolutely painful. Yet, I love when Sandy asked him if the papers did something to him! That was a great one liner!

Congrats on finishing! Doesn't that make you feel good? : D I'll miss this one!

WOW THIS WAS GOOD BUT SAD AND THIS ISN'T IT,IS IT? KEEP GOING AND POST,I MEAN CAN SANDY DO SOMETHING MORE AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN PRISON AND WILL HE GET OUT IN ONE YEAR; PLEASE POST SOON

BYE BYE

Well done! Can't believe ryan has to go to prison for 3 years! no!

Damn that was harsh. THE END? A full year of prison at the least? I'm glad the Cohens came together to minimize the harsh for the sweet boy. Great job, sad to say goodbye to the gang. Sequel Prison!Ryan!