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.

biological parents’ home, the air filled with

she saw many

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

absorbed the surreal tableau, the man

rushed towards her, arms open

I can’t believe that you’re really alive!” The tall,

Madisyn stood bewildered.

and why was he acting like

gazes of the peasant couple before

with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

male farmer sighed heavily, his voice

we are not your

daughter of the Chapmans, but

Our baby was stillborn.

motioning towards the well-dressed

man is your real

flickered to the stranger, noting the undeniable similarities

produced a document from his briefcase,

hospital, something about you struck me, though I dismissed it then,” he explained, his voice choked

with their real daughter, I had to know if

my suspicions—-you are indeed

Madisyn saw the undeniable proof in black

it, their similar

a silence filled with

in her already complex narrative,

a lot to take

is

were born, there was

to a nurse’s negligence, three

to us, you ended up with the Chapmans, and Jenna

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

have no idea how much this affected your

the hotel, hoping to finally meet

his sincerity, Madisyn nodded slowly, her

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