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.

she noticed the disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the air filled with muffled cries that pulled

she saw

clean, elegant suit, surrounded by

Madisyn absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with redness

rushed towards her, arms open

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

was this man and why was he acting

of the peasant couple

shaky with confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

voice

we are not

daughter of the Chapmans, but you… you are not

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the well-dressed

is your real

stranger, noting the undeniable similarities in

produced a document from his briefcase, his

the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,” he explained,

hearing about the Chapmans’ reunion with their real daughter, I had

my suspicions—-you are indeed

the report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in

it, their similar features

a silence filled with tumultuous

twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

continued, “It’s a lot to take

is the

night you were born, there was

nurse’s negligence, three families had their

and mistakenly given to us, you ended

mother and I were devastated, thinking we had lost you,” he added,

idea how much this affected

hotel,

sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to

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