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.

parents’ home, the air filled

she saw

man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad in simple peasant

the man turned,

rushed towards her, arms

you’re really alive!” The tall,

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was he acting

of the peasant couple before

confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with the weight of untold

not your

the Chapmans, but you… you

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the well-dressed

man is

noting the undeniable similarities in their

a document from his

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

I had to know if perhaps, there

test confirms my suspicions—-you are

Madisyn saw the

without it, their similar features spoke

silence filled with tumultuous

new twist in her already complex narrative,

a lot to

is

were born, there was a

three

to us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and

we had lost you,” he added, his

have no idea how

at the hotel, hoping to finally

nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back

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