No Way Back by Anna Mac

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Abandoned In A Fire

A fire broke out, and it quickly spread across the entire room.

Jane Fowler collapsed to the ground, motionless, her body racked by coughing fits from inhaling the thick smoke. Her eyes welled up with tears as she fought for air.

The ash that covered her face and her disheveled hair was not enough to hide the natural and unspoiled beauty of her features.

She was under the influence of something because she was paralyzed and couldn’t move a muscle while wondering when exactly she was drugged.

“Jane, gosh, you look disastrous,” Madelyn Fowler said as she approached, wearing a gas mask.

She was kneeling next to Jane, and from her white dress and gentle tone, she seemed like a sweet, innocent little girl.

Or at least, that was Jane’s long–held belief.

“Did you drug me, Madelyn?” Jane cried out, her expression one of shock and disbelief.

Jane just couldn’t wrap her head around the idea that her sweet, innocent sister could be capable of such vile acts.

“It’s just a test, Jane,” Madelyn replied, removing her gas mask to reveal a sly grin. “I’m interested to see if our family would believe more in you or me when they see this.”

Madelyn then placed her gas mask on Jane’s face and smeared a bit of ash on her own cheeks.

Then, with a gloved hand, she pulled a small knife from her pocket and deliberately sliced open her own arm. The wound was gushing with blood.

Madelyn tossed the knife aside and took off her gloves, which she then slid onto Jane’s paralyzed hands. After that, Madelyn clenched her injured arm and yelled at the top of her lungs, portraying an expression of pure terror.

“Help! Daddy, Mommy! Help me! Janie has gone

yelled while he kicked the door

her parents and seven brothers rushed to Madelyn’s aid, Jane watched in

started the fire out of the blue and said she wanted to die with me. Then she cut me with

at Jane, who was lying on the floor with a bloody knife

Jane hard in the stomach, growling, “I don’t know how I managed to

force of the kick nearly twisted

the suffering in her heart far outweighed the physical

was as if it were

taken a bullet for

Jack attended a business event, and he brought them

the event, brought a

bullet, while Jack

the hospital, where she was rushed to

her wounds.

Fowlers didn’t come to see Jane in the hospital until a few days had passed, and they’d had a

think about it.

took an hour away

only said a few words, but he did explain that Madelyn is an adopted daughter, and he hoped Jane would be more accepting of her situation. Madelyn had always feared that the family’s love and respect would shift away from her after the family found their biological

Madelyn called to say she had an emergency, so the Fowlers left Jane in

their family history might assume that Madelyn was their biological

much time and energy

abandon her.

always gave in to almost everything Madelyn asked

what Madelyn wanted, Jane always gave it to

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