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 with muffled cries that pulled

inside, she saw many

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

man turned, his eyes filled with redness

towards her, arms open

you’re really alive!” The tall, imposing man’s voice broke

Madisyn stood bewildered.

was this man and why was he acting

of the peasant

with confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with the weight of

are not your real

daughter of the Chapmans, but you…

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards

man is your real

to the stranger, noting

man produced a document from his briefcase,

I first saw you at the hospital, something about you struck

Chapmans’ reunion with their real daughter, I had

paternity test confirms my suspicions—-you

saw the undeniable proof in black and

it, their similar features spoke

was a silence filled with tumultuous

revelation, this new twist in her already complex narrative, overwhelmed

lot to

is the

born, there was

a nurse’s negligence, three families had their

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

I were devastated, thinking we had lost you,” he

idea how much this affected

anxiously at the hotel,

nodded slowly,

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