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

with grandpa, always alone, while the

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

in continuing with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell the Ron

Alden hurriedly agreed.

Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried calling her, only

of

to the

but no one

was looking for her, refused to

Scarlett finished her shift to finally confront

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed with

any idea she waited

face was etched with pain,

I did, I wouldn't tell you.

walked away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

away these past days, but I know she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in

Mr. Fowler," Killian

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

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

hung up

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

lost for words, knowing all

in his grand effort

grandson's spirits, had invited several children from long-standing

among them, he had stayed

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

never smiling, nor engaging in play, and seldom

in the yard, looking like someone unable

to be just

that

still crystal clear in

to nap, he decided to wander and found himself in Hamilton's

gate was unlocked, so

scene

being smothered with a pillow by his

you shouldn't even exist in this

a mother could do such a thing

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in

of destruction does such a sentence wreak

no idea how many times the young

was only after returning from River State that Hamilton gradually started

the therapy

forget those painful memories, the therapist even resorted to