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 that

she

clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad

the surreal tableau, the man turned,

rushed towards her, arms

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

man and why

teary gazes of the peasant couple

confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice

are not

the Chapmans, but

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the

man is your real

to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities in

produced a document from his briefcase,

about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,” he explained, his voice choked with

daughter, I had

test confirms my

Madisyn saw the undeniable proof

it, their similar

a silence

this new twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

lot to take in,

this is

born, there was a

nurse’s negligence, three families had

us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and Jenna was brought

we had lost you,”

idea how much this affected

anxiously at the hotel,

sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back

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