Chapter 1

“Madisyn, for years, we’ve raised you, never imagining you capable of such cruelty.

This house can no longer bear your presence.

You must leave immediately,” declared the imposing woman before Madisyn Chapman, her gaze Laden with disdain and a bitter chill, her elegant attire contrasting sharply with the harshness of her words.

“Mom, please, it was an accident.

I lost my footing and tumbled down the stairs on my own.

Madisyn had no part in this,” said a young girl from her seat on the sofa.

Resembling the woman in front of her, she clutched at her bandaged knees, her eyes brimming with tears.

Just half an hour prior, Jenna Chapman, the biological daughter of the Chapmans, had suffered a fall on the staircase.

At that time, Madisyn had been alone on the upper floor.

Everyone believed Madisyn had pushed Jenna…

Now, the looks that the Chapmans shot at Madisyn were filled with venom and disgust, a stark contrast to their attitude just a week prior, when they had professed their reluctance to ever part with her.

fleeting shadow of irony passing through

was the sole

she lacked for

facade shattered when Jeffry Chapman, whom she had known as her father, met with a grave accident

blood tests

not his

network to uncover the whereabouts of his

in

the girl they had raised, asserting their

however, their plans were

elsewhere, they intended to quietly

the Chapman family blamed Madisyn for Jenna’s years of hardship, relegating Madisyn from

with menial chores, her status far beneath even those of the household

however, still wanted

against Madisyn, yet her parents turned

Madisyn had about her former family, fueling

boiling point, she faced Jenna, her voice resolute as she said, “I’ll leave, but not before setting the

shoulder

y longer, Jenna!”

under the intensity of Madisyn’s icy

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