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.

the disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the air filled with muffled cries that pulled

she saw many

by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad in simple peasant

tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with

rushed towards her, arms open

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

man and why was he

gazes of

voice, shaky with confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with

we are not your

of the Chapmans,

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards

man is your

to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities in

a document from his briefcase,

I first saw you at the hospital, something about you struck me, though

about the Chapmans’ reunion with their real daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there had been

confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed my

report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in

it, their similar

silence filled

in her already

“It’s a lot to take

is the

born, there was a tragic error

to a nurse’s negligence, three families had their

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

we had lost you,”

have no idea how much this affected

at the hotel, hoping

nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to

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