The story drips with irony. It's not easy to pull that off in such a short piece, but you did. It is the kind of bargain that classically might be made with a demonic entity (one might say Faustian). Really well done. Sophisticated. Your character will learn that ten years goes very quickly.
Great 'hook' and use of the prompt. Thank you for sharing this story with us. We appreciated that you support other authors with your comments.