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.

she noticed the disrepair of her biological parents’ home, the air filled with muffled cries that

she saw many

man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards,

absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his

rushed towards her, arms open

can’t believe that you’re really

Madisyn stood bewildered.

and why was

teary gazes of

shaky with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

voice weary with the weight of untold

are not your

the Chapmans, but you…

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the well-dressed

man is your real

to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

from his briefcase, his

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

I had to know if perhaps, there had been a

test confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed my

Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in black

even without it,

was a silence filled

twist in her already complex

lot to take in,

is the

you were born, there was a tragic error at

negligence, three families had their

was declared stillborn and mistakenly given to us, you ended

thinking we had lost you,” he

no idea how much this

at the hotel, hoping to

Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting

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