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 the Powell

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

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

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

Alden hurriedly agreed.

upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried calling her, only to find her

sense of dread filled

back to

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

hearing Hamilton was looking for her,

her shift to

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed with

any idea she waited for you all day

etched with pain,

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

leaving Hamilton

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

Jenkins had me stay away these past days, but I know she fainted at the cemetery

Fowler,"

breath, "Find out her movements these last few

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

Natalia go to Boria

Caspian hesitated.

hung

might have died in River State. You know my

lost for words, knowing all too well the depth

his grand effort

up his precious grandson's spirits, had invited several children

among them, he had stayed the

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

smiling, nor engaging in play, and seldom

looking like someone unable to blend into the world around

be just

that

it's still crystal clear

to nap, he decided to wander and found himself

was unlocked,

scene he

even seven, was being smothered with a pillow by his own

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

how a mother could do such a thing to

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in this

of destruction does such a sentence

had no idea how

returning from River State that Hamilton gradually started

therapy was,

forget those painful memories,