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

always alone, while the Powell

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell the Ron Group's branch office to get out

Alden hurriedly agreed.

scrolled through his phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp.

of dread filled

back to the

Scarlett's, but

was looking for

Scarlett finished her

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed

when you needed? Do you have any idea she

face was etched with

if I did, I wouldn't tell you. Hamilton, not everyone

leaving Hamilton with

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

responded, "Ms. Jenkins had me stay away these past days, but I know she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr. Scarlett dismissed me." Hamilton, frustrated, "And you just

Mr. Fowler," Killian

these

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

go to Boria

Caspian hesitated.

hung

voice was bitter, "Caspian, without her, I might have died in River State. You know my

all too well the depth of

in his grand effort

had invited several children from long-standing family friends to the

among them, he had stayed the

Hamilton was only about six or seven years old, but he lacked the usual vibrancy of

never smiling, nor engaging in play,

like

be just a quirk

apparent that it was not

still crystal clear

he decided to

unlocked, so

he witnessed a scene he could

not even seven, was being smothered with a pillow by his

you shouldn't even exist

could do such a

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in

such a sentence wreak on

he had no idea

only after returning from River State that Hamilton

painful the therapy

him forget those painful memories,