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.

home, the air filled with muffled cries

she

elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards,

absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his

her, arms

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

and why was he

teary gazes of the peasant couple before

confusion, finally

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

voice weary with the weight of untold

we are not your real

the Chapmans, but you… you are

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the

man is your real

noting

document from his briefcase, his

you struck

their real daughter, I had to know

test confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed

report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in

without it, their similar features spoke

response was a silence

twist in her already complex narrative,

“It’s a lot

this is the

were born, there was a

three families had their Lives unknowingly

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

we had lost you,” he

no idea how much this affected

waiting anxiously at the hotel, hoping to finally

Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze

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