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.

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

inside, she

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

Madisyn absorbed the surreal tableau, the man turned, his

towards her, arms open

can’t believe that you’re really

Madisyn stood bewildered.

and why was

the teary gazes of

shaky with confusion,

“Mom, Dad, what’s happening?”

sighed heavily, his voice weary with the weight

are not your

daughter of the Chapmans,

Our baby was stillborn.

towards the well-dressed

man is

stranger, noting

produced a document from his briefcase,

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

the Chapmans’ reunion with their real daughter, I had to know if perhaps, there

paternity test confirms my suspicions—-you are indeed

Madisyn saw the

without it, their similar features spoke

response was a silence filled with

in her already complex

continued, “It’s a lot to take in, I

this is the

night you were born, there was a tragic error

three families had their Lives unknowingly

to us, you ended up with the

and I were devastated, thinking we

idea how much this

the hotel,

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

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