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 air filled with muffled cries that

she

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

tableau, the man turned, his eyes

towards her,

you’re really alive!” The tall,

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was he acting like

the teary gazes of

confusion, finally broke

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

heavily, his voice weary

we are not your real

the rightful daughter of the

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the well-dressed

man is your

the stranger, noting

produced a document from his briefcase, his hand

saw you at the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed

the Chapmans’ reunion with their real daughter, I had

paternity test confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed

saw the undeniable proof in black

even without it, their similar features

a silence

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

lot to

is

you were born, there was a tragic error at

nurse’s negligence, three

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

devastated, thinking we had lost you,” he added, his eyes

idea how much this affected

the hotel,

sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze

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