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.

weighed heavily on

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

longer, Elaine brushed Phyllis aside with

draped in fineries,

hers? Does she possess even a single luxury?”

child with nothing but cruelty and spite, and then

be so utterly devoid of

by Elaine’s scolding, struggled to

ominously, her eyes

this woman think she was, talking

treat her so harshly after she returned to the embrace of the

a place among the top ten

tension escalated as Jenna, with

might you be, madam? You seem

naive to

dare you!” Elaine

She bristled with anger.

implication that she lacked intelligence

nodded in agreement with Jenna,

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