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.

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

she

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

the surreal tableau, the man turned,

towards her, arms

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

Madisyn stood bewildered.

man and why was he acting like

gazes of

shaky with confusion, finally broke

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

his voice weary with

not

of the Chapmans,

Our baby was stillborn.

paused, motioning towards the well-dressed

is

stranger, noting the

a document from his briefcase, his

about you struck

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

paternity test confirms my

saw the undeniable proof in black and

even without it,

response was a silence

twist in her already complex

lot

this is

you were born, there was

three

us, you ended up with

I were devastated, thinking we had

idea how much this affected your

waiting anxiously at the hotel, hoping to finally meet

by his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting back to the

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