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.

noticed the disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the air filled

inside, she

itself: a man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple

surreal tableau, the man turned, his

towards her, arms

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

this man and why was

absorbed the teary gazes of the peasant

shaky with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

farmer sighed heavily, his voice

we are not your

rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you…

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the well-dressed

is

stranger, noting the undeniable similarities in

from his briefcase,

struck me, though I dismissed it then,” he explained, his voice

daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there had

my suspicions—-you are indeed my

the

even without it, their similar

was a silence filled with tumultuous

this new twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

man continued, “It’s a lot to take

this is

there was a tragic

nurse’s negligence, three families had their Lives

was declared stillborn and mistakenly given to us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and Jenna

thinking we had lost you,” he added,

no idea how much this affected

anxiously at the hotel,

Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back

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