Alice purchased a $$5,000$ five$-$year municipal bond that promised to pay her $0\mathrm{.}5\%$ of the face value every six months for the life of the loan.

Which of those numbers is the bond's maturity?

A$.)$

$0\mathrm{.}5$

B$.)$

$6$

C$.)$

$5,000$

D$.)$

$5$