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.

disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the air

inside, she saw many

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

surreal tableau, the man turned, his

towards her, arms

you’re really alive!” The

Madisyn stood bewildered.

was this man and why was he

the teary gazes of

confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with the weight of

not

rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the

is your

noting the

from

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

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

my suspicions—-you are indeed my

report, Madisyn saw the

without it, their

a silence

new twist in her already

lot to take

is the

were born, there was a tragic

to a nurse’s negligence, three families had their Lives unknowingly

was declared stillborn and mistakenly given to us,

we had lost you,” he added, his eyes

how much this affected your

at the hotel,

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze

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