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.

home, the air filled with muffled cries that

inside, she

by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping

man

rushed towards her, arms

that you’re really alive!” The

Madisyn stood bewildered.

and why was he acting

absorbed the teary gazes of the peasant

confusion, finally

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with

are not your

rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you… you

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the well-dressed

man is your real

eyes flickered to the stranger, noting the undeniable

man produced a document from his briefcase, his hand

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

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

confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed my

Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in

even without it,

a silence filled

in her already complex narrative,

lot to take in,

this is the

was a

three families had their

to us, you ended up with the

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

no idea how much this

the hotel,

by his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting

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