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.

parents’ home, the air filled with muffled cries that pulled at her

she saw many

presented itself: a man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood

Madisyn absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned,

rushed towards her, arms open

can’t believe that you’re really alive!” The tall, imposing man’s voice

Madisyn stood bewildered.

why was he acting like

the teary gazes of the peasant couple before

shaky with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

male farmer sighed heavily, his voice weary

are not

is the rightful daughter of the Chapmans, but you… you

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the

is

eyes flickered to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities in their

produced a document from

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

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

my suspicions—-you

the report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in

it, their similar

a silence

revelation, this new twist in her already complex narrative,

a lot

this is the

there was a tragic error

negligence, three families had

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

thinking we had

how much this affected

at the hotel, hoping to

nodded slowly, her gaze

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