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.

noticed the disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the

inside, she saw many

in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by

man turned,

towards her, arms open

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

man and why was

of the peasant

with confusion, finally

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with the weight of untold

not your

rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you… you are

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the

man is

eyes flickered to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

from his briefcase, his hand

when I first saw you at the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,”

reunion with their real daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there had

my suspicions—-you are

saw the undeniable proof in black

fact, even without it,

was a silence filled with

revelation, this new twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

“It’s a lot to take in, I

is the

were born, there was a tragic error at the

negligence, three families

given to us, you ended up

we had lost you,” he added, his eyes

no idea how much this

hotel, hoping to finally

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her

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