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

few chess games with grandpa, always alone, while

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

point in continuing with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell

Alden hurriedly agreed.

rubbing his temples, scrolled through his phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly

of dread filled

head back to

to Scarlett's, but no one answered.

hearing Hamilton was looking for

until Scarlett finished her shift to finally

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed

you have any idea she waited for you all day at

with pain, "Where

I did,

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

Fowler,"

a deep breath, "Find out her movements these last few

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up on

I might have died in River State. You

was momentarily lost for words, knowing all

in his grand

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

among them, he had stayed

then, Hamilton was only about six or seven years old, but he

solitary, odd, never smiling, nor engaging

yard, looking like someone

be just

apparent that

incident, it's still crystal clear in his

he decided to wander and found himself

gate was unlocked, so he slipped

a scene he could never

with a pillow by his

nothing but a mistake, you shouldn't even exist

fathom how a mother could do such a thing to her

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in this

such a

such a scene once, but he had no idea

State that Hamilton

the therapy was,

memories, the therapist even resorted to electroshock