Chapter 12

She scoffed, adamant about discrediting Madisyn.

Phyllis’s strategy was clear: by tarnishing Madisyn’s reputation, any future difficulties she faced would not reflect back on the Chapmans.

Typically, people would believe Phyllis’s words.

After all, why would adoptive parents tarnish their own child’s reputation?

However, Elaine’s expression darkened with each passing moment of the confrontation.

Her brief time with Madisyn had shown her a young woman of integrity and kindness, starkly contrasting with Phyllis’s behavior.

What kind of parent would publicly disparage their own child?

Elaine’s belief in Madisyn only solidified.

She was shocked to learn of the hardships Madisyn had faced with the Chapmans, relieved only by the kindness Madisyn had received from Celia during her formative years.

Elaine pondered the stark contrast between the luxurious Life Madisyn should have led within her own home and the harsh reality she had endured.

heavily

to keep your distance from her, lest you invite trouble upon

any longer, Elaine brushed Phyllis aside

draped in fineries, yet

are hers? Does she possess even a single luxury?” Elaine’s voice rose in

with nothing but cruelty and spite, and then malign her

you be so

scolding, struggled to formulate a

Jenna’s expression darkened ominously,

woman think she was, talking to them in such

still treat her so harshly after she returned to

a place among the top ten noble families of

Jenna, with a mocking softness,

You seem to be doing

naive to be taken in by

you!” Elaine

She bristled with anger.

implication that she

nodded in agreement with Jenna, adding,

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