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    13th Juror
    13th Juror
    13th Juror
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    13th Juror

    By Sydney Wells

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    From the author of Church Ladies, Unapologetically, Lies in Lancaster P.A., Everybody Has Secrets, and Immeasurably comes another thrilling story.



    Stella is on trial for the murder of her husband and is acquitted, however someone thinks she is guilty.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBook Vine Press
    Release dateJul 9, 2020
    ISBN9781952835445
    13th Juror
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    Sydney Wells

    Sydney Wells is the author of Church Ladies, Unapologetically, Lies in Lancaster P.A., Everybody Has Secrets, 13th Juror and Immeasurably, she began writing after retirement while attending college. Now a full-time writer, Ms. Wells call the Denver area home. You can visit her online at www. https://sydneywell5.wixsite.com/sydney or on Twitter (@sydneywells).

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      13th Juror - Sydney Wells

      Copyright © 2020 by Sydney Wells.

      ISBN 978-1-95283-543-8 (softcover)

      ISBN 978-1-95283-544-5 (ebook)

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual locales, events, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      Printed in the United States of America.

      Book Vine Press

      2516 Highland Dr.

      Palatine, IL 60067

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      BECAUSE HE COULD NOT LET LOVE FAIL

      HE SENT HIS SON

      Chapter 1

      I sat there listening to

      the state prosecutor going on and on about what my fate should be. My eyes searched the jurors for a glimpse of hope. As they heard the prosecutor tell them, I am a murderer and guilty as charged for the murder of my husband.

      The fact was I am just as much in love with Daniel Edward Winston (Danny) today as when we first dated and then married 23 years ago. I would never have killed the love of my life. We were happy, prosperous, loving Christ, and our children.

      It had been six long months of incarceration in a deep dark hole that changed my life completely.

      With the closing arguments that day I was praying to get my life back. Well, as much as possible. Living without Danny will take some time. He was my rock, my best friend, my soul mate, and a gift from God.

      The memories had continued to flood my mind of the day Danny was murdered, and I was in shock. That was when it felt like my life crashed and burned. To make matters worse three days after Danny’s funeral I was arrested.

      The prosecutor was still talking, how much can he say about this one thing, the one thing I am innocent of doing?

      I sat there holding the tears back; my children were sitting behind me I knew, I had to be strong whatever the outcome would be.

      Those chairs were so uncomfortable, old hard wooden chairs that were worn down they had seen better days. The marks on the wooden table show the written and jotted information pressed into them by trial lawyers over the years. The nicks and bruises from briefcase poundings and sweaty hands had dulled the finish.

      There I sat looking tattered and worn-out in my delicate Prada pale blue dress with a gold Chanel heart; my heels are Oscar de la Renta, classy and chic is what my attorneys wanted me to wear classy and chic. My attorneys were from the firm of Dalton, Bieber, Smith, and Warren. The

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