Echoes Of a Forsaken Heart

Chapter 285

Natalia froze in place, her smile fading as quickly as it appeared.

She reached for her phone on the nightstand, but it remained devoid of any messages.

Hamilton hadn't shown up, not even a text.

Maybe something came up with Eveleen again.

Natalia shook her head.

"It's not worth it anymore."

Scarlett frowned at her.

"Natalia, raising a kid on your own is going to be tough."

And it wouldn't be fair to the child either.

This child, unlike the last one, was conceived when Hamilton actually had feelings for Natalia.

They seemed so in love just a while ago.

Natalia's nose tingled.

"Scarlett, I can't do this."

Scarlett was taken aback, only to hear Natalia say, "I'm scared. I'm scared this child will end up like the last one, unwanted by the Fowler family. They won't let me keep this child. I'm scared it'll end up just like my mom." Scarlett's heart ached.

"Alright, then we won't tell him. We'll leave this place. I'm going for a study program, come with me. Once the baby is born and grown a bit, we can come back."

Natalia held back tears, "I've decided to take that transfer."

Trying to smile through her tears, she added, "I was going to turn it down because of Hamilton."

Scarlett opened her mouth to speak but ended up embracing her instead.

"We don't need that jerk. When your baby is born, I'll help you raise them."

Natalia laughed, "Okay."

Hamilton saw Natalia's message the next day.

Eveleen's funeral had been chaotic with the Schafer family causing endless problems. The caretaker claimed she was just overwhelmed and pushed someone in frustration, but the Schafer family insisted Eveleen was murdered, pointing fingers at Natalia. Hamilton looked at a photo of Eveleen on the wall, his emotions a complex mix.

His memories of their childhood were limited, mostly painful, with "Evi" being a rare comfort amidst the suffering.

But he never imagined this would be their end.

Clutching a necklace, Hamilton eventually got back into his car.

"Have those people been interrogated yet?" he asked in a low voice.

Alden frowned, "They did have contact with grandfather's bodyguard and admitted he instructed them to come."

A chill flashed through Hamilton's eyes.

and

with grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family, unusually

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

tell the Ron Group's

Alden hurriedly agreed.

but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried calling

of dread filled

to the

went straight to Scarlett's, but no one answered. Next, he tried

for her,

finished her shift to finally confront

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed with

Do you have any idea she waited for you all day

etched with pain, "Where

"I don't know, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you.

that, Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr.

Fowler,"

her movements these last few

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

to

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up

"Caspian, without her, I might have died

all too well the depth of Hamilton's

in his

several children from long-standing family friends to the

he had

then, Hamilton was only about six or seven years old, but he lacked the

odd, never smiling, nor engaging in play,

alone in the yard, looking like someone unable to blend into the

it was thought to be just a quirk of his

that it was not

still crystal clear in

unable to nap, he decided to wander and

gate was unlocked,

witnessed a scene he could never

with a pillow by his

but a mistake, you shouldn't even exist in this world, just

could do

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in this

does such

such a scene once, but he had no idea how many times the young Hamilton

was only after returning from River State that Hamilton gradually started

the therapy was,

those painful memories, the therapist even