No Way Back

Chapter 5 Madelyn Kneeling Down

The scene after hanging up the phone was bizarre.

The expressions on Jack and Anna’s faces, as well as Peter’s, were all those of extreme embarrassment.

That was mainly because they had just falsely accused Jane.

After careful consideration, they realized that there were indeed many loopholes in Richard’s words. They only found a small amount of evidence. Still, they used it to fabricate an accusation that Jane was intentionally spreading rumors to coerce the Fowler family into recognizing her as the true heiress.

It was still their underlying mistrust of Jane and too much favoring of Madelyn that had caused the whole fuss.

Every time they saw Madelyn sad and upset, they immediately lost their cool.

“Janie, I’m really sorry. Daddy and they lost their cool when they realized I was too upset. This is all my fault. Only if I hadn’t joined this family!” Madelyn sobbed.

She broke the silence and the awkwardness when she walked over to Jane, tears in her eyes, and prepared to kneel before her.

“Maddie, what are you doing?” Peter, who was the closest to them, quickly yelled as he pulled Madelyn up. Madelyn, however, had a firm resolve and knelt, saying, “Peter, I have to do this. This is my fault, and I won’t get up if Jannie doesn’t forgive us!”

Madelyn dropped to her knees on the ground with a dull thud.

Tears kept falling from her cheeks.

“Maddie, what are you doing? Get up quickly!” Jack yelled.

Jack and Anna quickly went to help Madelyn, who had collapsed on the ground.

They were profoundly moved by Madelyn’s efforts to be a good daughter.

At that moment, any remaining doubts about Madelyn in their hearts vanished without a trace.

They knew that it was impossible for such a kind, selfless person who always thought of the Fowler family to devise such a terrible scheme.

Thus, they firmly believed that it must be someone else.

“Jane, we owe you an apology. Don’t worry. I will find out who is behind this and make them pay for what they have done. I can’t believe they were trying to hurt my family!” Jack said, furious at the thought of someone trying to sow discord in his family.

“Anyone who dares to tarnish the Fowler family’s reputation will have me to deal with,” he added, gritting his teeth. This kind of scheming was something that Jack could not tolerate.

Above all else, Jack prioritized maintaining peace in his family.

“Owing me an apology?” Jane laughed as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.

from laughing so hard that she couldn’t hold her tears, and her belly

furrowed in confusion and he asked,

laughing and laughing, for what Jack said

daughter, Jack had sided with the

was afraid

caused Jack to develop prejudice, and he began

everything.

father like that, Jane certainly didn’t anticipate an

old Jane would have foolishly believed in the so–called family love, but the new Jane

do not believe you intend to apologize to me in any way. Also, you’re too old and blind to even think

remorse.

felt a great sense of release because she was finally letting out pent–up emotions she

to be abandoned in the hospital to fend for herself while she struggled to stay alive

had sent her tumbling down as the

all of these grudges and resentments, Jane felt a sense of

It wasn’t enough, however.

would

of her previous meekness and timidity, and she went as far as

“What did you say? I’m your father!

said I’d apologize to you. What makes you think you can give me

his wife but never

front of him. But now, he felt like

be your father. Apologize to him now!” Anna said as the expression on her face

these years, Anna had carried around a sense of guilt regarding Jane, but now she saw

given birth to, who had been wandering around for 19

such a rude

father. I will not apologize, and I do not

in a single utterance without

of newfound freedom. She had finally

told, speaking out like that to the Fowler

the past, she was trapped by her own clinging to familial bonds,

had let go of all her worries and decided she didn’t want a family like this. She tried

Jack yelled, and he was so enraged that he was

for feeling guilty for falsely accusing Jane earlier, he would have

couldn’t believe he had a daughter

a great shame

cooed, trying to manipulate the situation, “Janie, I know you’re mad. Don’t blame Daddy and Mommy. Blame just me. If I were to kneel before you, would that not make you feel better? Then I’ll leave the Fowlers and vanish somewhere far away. I’ll give back the role of the Fowler family’s daughter to you. Then you won’t be at odds with Daddy and Mommy

I’ll let

and speechless, unable to believe