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

she saw

presented itself: a man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad

the man turned, his eyes

her, arms open

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

and why was

gazes of

voice, shaky with confusion, finally broke

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

heavily, his voice weary with the

we are not your real

rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you…

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the well-dressed

man is

the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

man produced a document from his briefcase, his

first saw you at the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,” he explained, his

with their real daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there had

my suspicions—-you are

saw the

even without it,

was a silence

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

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

this is the

there was a tragic error at

three

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

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

no idea how much this

anxiously at the hotel, hoping to finally meet

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly,

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