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

games with grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family, unusually quiet, didn't make a

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

NorthSuburb project. Also, tell the Ron Group's branch office to get

Alden hurriedly agreed.

through his phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried

sense of dread filled

back to the country

Scarlett's, but no one answered.

Hamilton was looking for her, refused to

until Scarlett finished her

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed with

any

face was etched with pain, "Where is

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

that, Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

past days, but I know she fainted at the

Fowler,"

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

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

to Boria

Caspian hesitated.

hung up

might have died in River State. You know my

was momentarily lost for words, knowing all too well

in his grand

had invited several children from long-standing

among them, he had stayed

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

nor engaging

in the yard, looking like someone unable to blend into the

to be just

apparent that it was not the

crystal

nap, he decided to wander and

unlocked, so he slipped

he witnessed a scene he

seven, was being smothered with a pillow by his own mother, who was

even

how a mother could do such a thing

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in this

such a sentence wreak on

encountered such a scene once, but he had no idea how many times the young Hamilton had

from River State that Hamilton gradually started

the therapy was,

memories,