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 muffled cries that pulled at

inside, she saw many

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

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

rushed towards her,

believe that you’re really alive!” The tall, imposing man’s

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was he acting

teary gazes of the peasant

confusion, finally

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

heavily, his voice weary with the weight of

are not

of the Chapmans, but you…

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the

is your

eyes flickered to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

a document from his briefcase,

the hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,”

with their real daughter, I had to know

my suspicions—-you

the report, Madisyn saw the undeniable

fact, even without it, their similar features spoke

silence filled with

twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

lot

this is the

born, there was a tragic error at

nurse’s negligence, three families had their Lives unknowingly

given to us, you ended up with the Chapmans,

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

how much this

waiting anxiously at the hotel, hoping

sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to

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