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.

Outside, the driver waited, oblivious to the turmoil that had unfolded within the walls of the Chapman family’s house.

Since Jenna’s return, respect for Madisyn from the household staff had waned significantly-even the driver withheld the customary greeting as she approached.

Ignoring his presence, Madisyn strode past him, her posture straight with resolve.

The driver, catching up to her with a hint of urgency in his steps, called out, ““Madisyn, I have been told to drive you to your destination.

Madisyn halted, turning slightly to deliver her response, her tone icy, “No need.

From this moment, I want nothing to do with the Chapman family.

With those final w

rds, she hailed a cab and told the driver the address Jeffry had previously sent to her phone.

The destination was a humble, rundown village, far from the opulence she had known.

biological parents’ home, the

she saw

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

surreal tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with

towards her,

you! I can’t believe that you’re really alive!” The tall, imposing man’s

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was he acting like

teary gazes of

voice, shaky with confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with

are not your real

the Chapmans,

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the well-dressed

is

the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

produced a document from his

saw you at the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed

real daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there had

my suspicions—-you are indeed

the undeniable proof in

even without it, their similar

silence filled

twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

man continued, “It’s a lot to take in,

is the

were born, there was

a nurse’s negligence, three families had their

and mistakenly given to us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and Jenna was brought

devastated, thinking we had lost you,”

no idea how

waiting anxiously at the hotel, hoping

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly,

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