Chapter 22

Although the system didn't give her a definite answer, Madison had nonetheless confirmed her speculations. By the time they were done with breakfast, William and Tanya were still not done calming Rebecca down. Jordan waited until Madison had finished eating before telling her why he was there. "Ms. Madison, you asked us to look into all the women who were associated with my dad. We've gathered all of the relevant information. "Unfortunately, we couldn't find anything suspicious or strange about these women. So, my dad had me come and invite you over." Madison was quite surprised to hear that. Then, it quickly dawned on her that the Salle family was indeed fully capable of gathering all the information in a short time. She stood up and got ready to leave with Jordan. Meanwhile, William and Tanya were coaxing Rebecca and leading her down the stairs. Rebecca's eyes were red again when she spotted Madison. "Maddie, congrats on becoming the number one trending news online." Madison replied, "You didn't have to congratulate me. I don't really care about those things." Madison truly didn't care about them. She was just telling the truth. Yet, from Rebecca's perspective, it sounded like Madison was trying to show off to her. With a dejected expression, she stopped halfway on the staircase and refused to go down further. Tanya consoled Rebecca and scolded Madison, "You knew Becky cared about the rankings of her news on the Internet. So, why would you say something like that to her with that tone?" William felt bad for Rebecca, too. "Maddie, your sister loves her career. She's been trying her best to get her news to the top of the rankings. You shouldn't show off to her. That's very hurtful." Although he said those words in a calm tone, William was clearly taking Rebecca's side. Jordan got so annoyed listening to them that he was about to step up and defend Madison. However, she stopped him. Standing at the bottom of the stairs, Madison gazed up at those three people. A few seconds later, she said, "Alright." Then, Madison left the house expressionlessly with Jordan. After they got into the car, Jordan asked curiously, "Ms. Madison, aren't you upset with the way Mr. and Mrs. Locke are treating you?" If his parents had treated him in similar ways, Jordan swore he would just pounce at them and fight them. The Locke couple were blatantly showing favoritism toward Rebecca. Madison seemed completely unbothered. "They've lived with Rebecca for more than 20 years. It's only natural that they are close." "Still, it's not right for them to side with her like that all the time! You're their biological daughter!" Jordan had never met any other parents who would treat their adopted daughter better than their biological daughter. Even if they weren't close, it was wrong for the Locke couple to treat Madison like this. Madison smiled faintly. On the other hand, Jordan was boiling with anger as he drove them to the Salle residence. Josephine had insisted on returning home since she couldn't get used to staying at the hospital. Vincent and Jordan dared not upset her. After getting the doctor's advice and making sure it was alright for Josephine to be discharged, they agreed to take her home. At that moment, Josephine and Vincent were standing outside the front door waiting for Madison and Jordan. When Madison got out of the car, Josephine walked over to her side and linked arms with her. "Maddie, I saw your livestream last night. I've also sent you gifts. My username is JollyJoyfulJosie." Madison remembered the name. It was the name of the viewer who ranked first in sending her the most gifts. The amount of gifts she sent exceeded that of Vincent. "You didn't have to send me so many gifts." The profits of all gifts received during a livestream were split equally between the livestream platform and the streamer. Josephine replied nonchalantly, "Oh, it's no big deal." She asked curiously, "Maddie, how did you come up with the plan to call the police?" If Madison hadn't informed the authorities beforehand, Ava might have been beaten to death by Nick. Ava's daughter would have been sold off as well. "When Ava decided to look for her daughter, I could see dark shadows over her forehead. That was an ominous sign. So, I called the police right away." Josephine nodded vigorously. "Excellent! You made a brilliant decision by calling the police." She was about to ask several other things she was curious about, but Vincent cut her off, "Honey, the most urgent matter at the moment isn't yesterday's livestream." He waved the stack of photos held in his hand. Josephine rolled her eyes. "We need to look for your toxic admirer. Is that right?"