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

eyebrows furrowed in confusion and he asked, “Why are you

Jack said was the greatest joke she had

biological daughter, Jack

stand against Jane, all because he was afraid she would come back and take away everything that

prejudice, and he began making false accusations against Jane

everything.

a father like that, Jane

have foolishly believed in the so–called family love, but the new Jane was not a fool blinded

too old and blind

remorse.

of release because she was

Jack, only to be abandoned in the hospital to fend for herself while she struggled to stay alive after the incident. Then, she remembered the many years this family had

addition, she recalled the final kick that had sent her tumbling down as the

result of the accumulation of all of these grudges and

It wasn’t enough, however.

foreseen that Jane would

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

you say? I’m your father! How dare you talk

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

always been afraid of his wife

he felt like Jane had gone mad, threatening his authority as the head of

will always be your father. Apologize to him now!” Anna said as

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

daughter she had given birth to, who had been wandering around for 19 years, could turn out

would never want such a rude character as

not apologize, and

those words in a single utterance without

newfound freedom. She

to the Fowler family wasn’t difficult for

she was trapped by her own clinging to familial bonds, unable

go of all her worries and decided she didn’t want a family

and he was so enraged that

it weren’t for feeling guilty for falsely accusing Jane earlier, he would have already slapped

daughter who was

was a great shame

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

looking at Madelyn. “You leave the Fowler family, and I’ll let bygones be bygones. You just said that by yourself.

to believe