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, unusually quiet, didn't make a

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell the

Alden hurriedly agreed.

phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening

sense of

back to the country

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

Hamilton was looking for her,

Scarlett finished her shift to finally confront

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed with

you when you needed? Do you have any idea she waited for you all day at

was etched with pain,

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

that, Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton with a sinking

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

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

Fowler," Killian

out her movements these

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

go to

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up

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

all too

in his grand

grandson's spirits, had invited several

among them, he

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

odd, never smiling, nor

the yard, looking like someone

was thought to be just a quirk of his

apparent that it was

still crystal

decided to wander and

gate was unlocked, so he slipped

witnessed a scene

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

nothing but a mistake, you shouldn't even exist in this world, just die,

a mother could do

Cruel, full of venom.

shouldn't exist in this

does such a

had only encountered such a scene once, but he had no idea

from River State that Hamilton

painful the therapy was, nobody

forget those painful memories, the therapist even resorted to