Chapter 3

Jenna’s sudden agility was startling-didn’t she say she couldn’t stand up because of her injuries?

Realizing her mistake, Jenna collapsed onto the sofa, clutching at her legs with exaggerated distress.

“Ah, my legs! They hurt so much!”

Jeffry’s response was not of anger but of a guilt directed towards Madisyn.

““Madisyn, please understand, Jenna is still very young.

Don’t hold this against her…”

Madisyn had heard this excuse too many times.

“Of course, I wouldn’t retaliate if a dog bit me.

After all, it picks up such behavior from its owners, right?”

With a final sneer that cut through the tense air, Madisyn shouldered her modest bag and strode towards the door, her steps resolute and unwavering.

She did not look back at the family she was leaving behind.

The trio she left in her wake seethed in fury.

oblivious to the turmoil that had unfolded within the walls of

staff had waned significantly-even the

his presence, Madisyn strode past him, her posture straight

urgency in his steps, called out, ““Madisyn, I have been told

halted, turning slightly to deliver her response, her

moment, I want nothing to do

With those final w

driver the address Jeffry

rundown village, far from the opulence

her biological parents’ home, the air

she

man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad in simple peasant

absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned,

her, arms open

really you! I can’t believe that you’re really alive!”

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why

gazes of the peasant couple before

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