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.

arriving, she noticed the disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the air filled with

inside, she saw many

surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of

Madisyn absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with redness

towards her, arms open

it’s really you! I can’t believe that you’re

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was he acting like

of

shaky with confusion, finally broke

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

voice weary with

are not

the rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the well-dressed

man is

to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities in

man produced a document from

at the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,”

real daughter, I had to know

paternity test confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed

the undeniable proof in black

fact, even without it, their

response was a silence filled with tumultuous

revelation, this new twist in her already complex narrative,

continued, “It’s a lot to

this is

there was

nurse’s negligence, three families had

and mistakenly given to us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and Jenna

we had lost you,” he added, his eyes

no idea how much this affected

at the hotel,

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze

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