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.

began crying from laughing so hard that she couldn’t

furrowed in confusion and

for what Jack said was the

Jack had sided

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

he began making false accusations against

everything.

that, Jane certainly didn’t anticipate an

believed in the so–called family love, but the new Jane was not a

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

remorse.

she felt a great sense of release because she was finally

for herself while she struggled to stay alive after the incident. Then, she remembered the many years this family had

had sent her tumbling

of the accumulation of all of these grudges and resentments, Jane felt

It wasn’t enough, however.

could have foreseen that Jane would express herself in such a

who questioned whether she’d gone completely insane. Jane had lost all of her previous meekness and timidity, and she went

I’m your father! How

just made a mistake, but I said I’d apologize to you. What makes you think you

of his

now, he felt like Jane

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

all these years, Anna had carried around a sense of guilt regarding Jane, but now she saw her as nothing more than a disobedient

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

want such a

not apologize, and I do not

a single

a sense of newfound freedom. She had finally found the courage

out like that to the Fowler family

trapped by her own clinging to familial

she didn’t

he was so enraged that he

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

couldn’t believe he had a daughter who was so

great shame

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

with a smirk, looking at Madelyn. “You leave the Fowler family, and I’ll let bygones be bygones. You just said that by yourself. That was totally your

shocked and speechless, unable to believe that Jane had