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.

Mason and the Powell

had a few chess games with grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family, unusually

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

Also, tell the Ron Group's

Alden hurriedly agreed.

through his phone to contact Natalia but froze upon

sense of dread filled

head back to the

but no one answered. Next,

for her, refused

until Scarlett finished her shift to

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed

you needed? Do you have any idea she waited for

etched with pain,

sidestepped him, "I don't know, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. Hamilton, not

that, Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton with

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

Killian responded, "Ms. Jenkins had me stay away these past days, but I know she fainted at the cemetery and

Fowler," Killian

movements these last few days, see if she left

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

go to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up

bitter, "Caspian, without her, I might have died in River State. You

all too well the depth of

his

had invited several children

among them, he had stayed the

Hamilton was only about six or seven years old,

never smiling, nor engaging

like someone unable

it was thought to be

later, it became apparent that

incident, it's still crystal clear

summer noon, unable to nap, he decided to wander and found himself in

unlocked, so he slipped

a scene he could

seven, was being smothered with a pillow by his own mother, who was holding it down

you shouldn't even exist in this world, just die, just

couldn't fathom how a mother could

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in

destruction does such

but he had no idea how many times the

from River State that Hamilton

therapy was, nobody

those painful memories, the therapist even resorted