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.

biological parents’ home,

she saw many

surrounded by bodyguards,

the surreal tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with redness and

rushed towards her,

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was

gazes of the

shaky with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

heavily, his voice weary with the weight of untold

not

the Chapmans, but you… you

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards

man is

the stranger, noting

a document from his briefcase, his hand

something about you struck me, though I dismissed

their real daughter, I had

paternity test confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed my

Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in black

without it, their similar features

was a silence filled with tumultuous

in her

lot

is

born, there was a tragic

nurse’s negligence, three

to us, you ended

devastated, thinking we had lost you,” he

idea how

waiting anxiously at the hotel,

Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting

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