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,

she

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

tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with redness

her, arms open

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was

teary gazes of the peasant couple before

confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with

not

the rightful daughter of the

Our baby was stillborn.

towards

man is your real

stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

from his

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

daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there had been a

confirms my

the report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in black

it, their similar features spoke

response was a silence filled

new twist in her already complex

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

is

night you were born, there was a tragic error

negligence, three families had their Lives unknowingly

us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and

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

idea how much this

the hotel, hoping to finally meet

nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to the

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