No Way Back

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.

Madelyn yelled, “Help! Daddy, Mommy! Help me! Janie has gone crazy!”

yelled while he kicked the

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

crazy! She started the fire out of the blue and said she

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

the stomach, growling, “I don’t know how I managed

kick nearly

her heart far outweighed the physical pain

as if it were being

had once taken a bullet

when Jack attended a business

the event, brought a gun with him, and attempted to kill

to block the bullet, while Jack and

she was rushed to intensive

her wounds.

hospital until a few

think about it.

hour away from Madelyn to

would be more

emergency, so the Fowlers

family history might assume that Madelyn was their biological daughter and that

so much time and energy seeking. Blood, as they say, is thicker than water, so

abandon her.

always gave in to almost everything Madelyn

what Madelyn wanted, Jane always

gifts first, choosing the best ones and leaving