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 cries that

she saw many

in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad in simple

Madisyn absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his

towards her,

you! I can’t believe that you’re

Madisyn stood bewildered.

was this man and why

the teary gazes of the peasant couple before

confusion, finally broke the

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with the

we are not your

the Chapmans, but

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the

man is your real

eyes flickered to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

produced a document from his briefcase, his hand trembling

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

their real daughter, I had to know if perhaps,

paternity test confirms my suspicions—-you

the report, Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in black

even without it, their similar features spoke

response was a silence filled with

revelation, this new twist in

man continued, “It’s a lot to take in, I

this is

there was a tragic error at

to a nurse’s negligence, three families

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

thinking we had lost you,” he added,

no idea how much this

the hotel,

sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her gaze shifting

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