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, the air filled with

she

a man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a

the man turned, his eyes filled

her, arms open

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was he acting like

the teary gazes of the

shaky with confusion, finally broke

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with the weight of untold

we are not

of the Chapmans, but you… you

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the well-dressed

man is your

flickered to the stranger, noting the

produced a document from his briefcase, his hand trembling

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

Chapmans’ reunion with their real daughter, I had to know if perhaps,

confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed my

saw the

even without it, their

was a silence filled with tumultuous

new twist in her already

lot to take

is the

were born, there was a tragic error at the

negligence, three families had their

couple’s child was declared stillborn and mistakenly given to us,

mother and I were devastated, thinking we had lost you,”

have no idea how much this affected your

waiting anxiously at the hotel, hoping to finally

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting

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