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.

her biological parents’ home, the air

she saw

itself: a man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping

tableau, the man

her,

that you’re really alive!” The tall, imposing

Madisyn stood bewildered.

why was he acting

gazes of

confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

farmer sighed heavily, his voice

we are not

the rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you… you are

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the well-dressed

is

noting the

from

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

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

my

Madisyn saw the

even without it, their

a silence filled with tumultuous

revelation, this new twist in her

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

is the

night you were born, there was a tragic error at the

negligence, three families

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

I were devastated, thinking we had lost

no idea how much this affected your

hotel, hoping

by his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting

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