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

grandpa, always alone,

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

Also, tell the Ron Group's branch office

Alden hurriedly agreed.

phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He

sense of dread

to the country

Scarlett's, but no one answered. Next, he

for her,

until Scarlett finished her

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed

have any idea she waited for you all day

was etched with pain, "Where is

if I did, I wouldn't tell

away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr. Scarlett dismissed me." Hamilton, frustrated, "And you just

Mr. Fowler,"

breath, "Find out her movements these last few days, see

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

Natalia go to

Caspian hesitated.

you still hung

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

all too

his grand effort

up his precious grandson's spirits, had invited several children from long-standing family friends to the Fowler

he had stayed the

only about six or seven years old, but he

never smiling, nor engaging

sit alone in the yard, looking like someone

be just a quirk of

became apparent that it was

still crystal clear

noon, unable to nap, he decided to wander and

was unlocked,

he witnessed a scene he could

even seven, was being smothered with a pillow by his

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

mother could

Cruel, full of venom.

exist

does such a sentence wreak

but he had no idea how

from River State that

painful the therapy

make him forget those painful memories, the therapist even resorted to