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,

inside, she saw many

surrounded by

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

her, arms

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

was this man and why was he acting

teary gazes of the peasant

with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with the weight

we are not

the rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you… you

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the well-dressed

is your

noting the undeniable

produced a document from his briefcase, his

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

with their real daughter, I had to

test confirms my suspicions—-you are

report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in black

it, their similar features

a silence

this new twist in her already complex narrative,

lot

this is

there was a tragic

nurse’s negligence, three

to us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and Jenna

and I were devastated, thinking we

idea how much this affected your

anxiously at the hotel,

by his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to the

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