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

she saw

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

absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled with

towards her, arms

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

why was he

the teary gazes of the peasant couple before

shaky with confusion, finally broke

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with the weight of

are not your real

daughter of the Chapmans, but you…

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the

is

noting

document from his briefcase, his

struck me, though I dismissed it

with their real daughter, I

confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed my

the report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in

fact, even without it,

silence filled

new twist in her already complex narrative,

“It’s a lot

is the

you were born, there was a tragic

a nurse’s negligence, three

child was declared stillborn and mistakenly given to us,

thinking we had

idea how much this affected your

anxiously at the hotel, hoping to

nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to

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