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Synopsis:
Sadie Martin Carlyle is on trial for the murder of her
husband Dante Caryle. She claims she killed him in self-defense and that he was
a monster. She was a battered woman and if she had not defended herself he
would of killed both their young daughter and her. In short, She
feared for their lives.
However, there is more to this case than meets the eye.
Sadie Martin is not your typical woman. Her family consists of her Criminal
lawyer father Jackson Martin from Atlanta and her mother Barbara Reece Martin
is one of the main leaders of the Southern Belles of Atlanta. From the very
start, there are secrets that are hidden that no one will see coming. Sadie’s
story will take the reader through a very emotional journey throughout. Once
the case begins, everything you think you know about what happened between
Sadie and Dante Carlyle will have you asking many questions and is
everything being said the truth?
As I lie here holding on
to my sanity. I have to say never in a million years would I have
thought all would turn out the way it did. You see for most of my life I
had been searching and hoping that one day I would find the one and be
able to finally lead “the normal life.” However,
nothing could be farther from the truth. My name is Sadie Martin Carlyle
and on May 27, 2010, I was
charged with the murder of my husband Dante Carlyle.
The thing that makes this
so horrific is that I do not even remember committing the crime.
All I
know is that when I awoke the next morning, My husband Dante was dead and
I was found next to his body and the murder weapon. As of now all I can do
is await my trial which will not be for a few months.
Sadly because of the
circumstance of the crime, I will have to sit in a jail cell until my trial.
You must be wondering why
I seem to know so much about the law in particular. One second, “Can
you please let me finish talking.” Sorry being locked away in this cell
has made me a bit paranoid. Well in any case as I was saying. The
reason I know so much was that my beloved husband was a lawyer and before I got
married. We both met in law school. Oh, it was so simple back
then. If only I could go back to the beginning. Things were easier.
At least I thought they were. However maybe if I can just go back
to the beginning I can try to salvage a bit of my dignity. Besides, I was
born and raised to be a good girl. But right now I am really placing a
damper on all the years my parents spent trying to make me something I never
wanted to be.
You see I was born and
raised in Atlanta Georgia. It’s too damn bad I was never able to lead a
normal life. Thanks to my dear parents! My mother was born to
parents of money and my father was no different. However, he was known
for being one of the best criminal defense attorneys in all of the state of
Georgia. He was deeply admired for his
hardcore antics. My father was never one to give up on his client
and he is both loved and hated throughout the community. On
the other hand, my dear mother Barbara Reece Martin has always been in the
public eye.
As a child, her parents
owned several wineries all over the state of Georgia and North Carolina and she
was left with a trust fund and decided to invest in stock and has done pretty
well. She is now the CEO of The Reece Winery and overlooks them
along with my father and she is also one of the main members of the Women of Atlanta
social club. All in all, she is always
busy and thinks that I am just spoiled. My mother and I are not
close. She was always gone when I needed her. The only person that
seemed to care and worry about me was my father Jackson.
He
always made time to see me and for that, I am very grateful. My father
has always said I was his everything. At the time I thought I was but then I
discovered it was all lies. I will get to that later. As I was
saying my mother was never around as a kid. She was always out and busy
with all her numerous work and charitable events. “I hated her, and I
still do!” As you can see I get a
bit angry being cooped up in here. I mean there are many criminals in
here and I know they are women like me. But I am not one of them. I am
different and I want to do is start over again.
Let me outta here.
About the Author:
Sylvia Stein is
a published author with several anthologies with her Writer’s group 750 on LinkedIn. Stein obtained a Master’s Degree in Creative
Writing and English from Southern New Hampshire University this past July
2015. She is a mother of three
beautiful children Paul 10, Michael 9 and Consuelo 6. She resides in the city of Fuquay Varina
with her amazing husband Jeremy. Stein has
also published two solo books one was her first novella Closure which she worked
on while attending SNHU and published in July of 2014 and the other her first
YA Chasing Clarity was published this
past October 2015 and it was created during National Novel Month (Nano) in 2013. Her latest book is entitled, The Diary of a Broken Father that came Out
in February 2017. Her new thriller that
she has been working on since 2014 will be out late 2018 and is entitled, Battered Mind. 
