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Sadie Carlyle awoke in a state of despair when she finally opened her eyes, and noticed that 

she was lying in what appeared to be a large hospital bed.   Then,  she  immediately began 

screaming very loudly.  She was so out of control that a strong sedative was required to calm her 

down.   Her long red hair looked so dry, as the sedative took immediate effect.  It was not too 

long before her greenish eyes began to close again, her skin looked so pale as the nurse applied 

a soft pillow under her neck.   This had been an intense few days for Sadie.   Her emotions   

were running so high that you could see the puffiness in her swollen eyes from all the non-stop 

crying.   It was so hard to believe that Sadie was once a very attractive green eyed 

red head that captivated a room with her profound beauty.  After a few minutes the nurse noticed 

that Sadie was bleeding from her nose.   As this was going on, the nurse quickly called the 

doctor .   In the meantime Sadie still  asleep began  to let her mind get whisked away.  

  “Here he comes again screaming at me always  terrifying me why 

can’t he see that he is hurting me”.  

Mrs. Carlyle , Mrs. Carlyle called a man in a dark suit.  Suddenly, Sadie was no longer in  

the hospital bed.   She was in a courtroom.  Her heart was racing and she appeared 

very agitated and confused.   However, she decided to take a deep breath to calm her 

nerves.    

“Sadness is approaching it feels very dark-  I feel it pulling me closer 

to the end of a cliff and then I am drowning”.

Can you please answer the question now,  said the impatient District Attorney.  As he

 paced back and forth you could hear the silence in the packed room.   She tried to stay 

focus and not let her thoughts run away with her again.  Well, Ms. Carlyle, he stated 

once more.  Sadie took a deep breath and then said,  “Yes I am so sorry Mr. Mason, 

she  began to say said in a rather soft and apologetic tone.

 “ Please forgive me, again  she said. “ You see I am rather nervous being up here and 

talking about such a traumatic event and I was letting my nerves run away with me, Do 

you mind repeating the question?   He paused and then once again asked, “ What 

happened on the night of May 27, 2009...?  Now I hope that was clear enough for you 

he added in a more sarcastic tone.  Charles Mason had been a District Attorney for the 

State of North Carolina for 16 years now and he was known to win all of his cases.  The 

man had been divorced three times and finally said that he just was not going to let a 

woman bury him, even if it meant he end up alone.  However, he was fair in matters of 

the law and just wanted to get to the truth.   “ Well, on the day you 

are referring to, Sadie continued and then after a brief pause then blurted out “ I killed 

my husband in self-defense”.   As she said that, the court room went into a big uproar. 

   This is when the presiding  Judge Vicente Mikos knocked on his gavel and asked 

everyone  to quiet down.  “ Please,  Silence he urged.  “ Now, please continue 

Ms. Carlyle.  Again, She began to let her thoughts get away from her again.  

    “ A Voice cries out in the night, for someone to hear its plea”.. “As the wind begins to fade the sound, there you are in between, ready to comfort.. or destroy me”? “  I want to break free... of you”!