Hannibal was braced for the worst, so when the best came rolling out of Lindsey's mouth, he was squeezing River's hand a bit too tightly. He relaxed though and stood up, happy and wanting to hold her close. All of this was over. River could go back to normal life.
"It's over." He affirmed for her, tugging on her hand to pull her up with him. "All of it is over."
He did glance at Lindsey though. "Did they dismiss the charges with or without prejudice?" Hannibal knew that it would make a difference between false freedom and the real thing.