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.

about Mason 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.

in continuing with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell

Alden hurriedly agreed.

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

of dread filled

to the

returning, Hamilton went straight to Scarlett's, but no one

looking for her, refused

until Scarlett finished her shift to

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed

when you needed? Do you have any idea she waited for you

was etched with pain, "Where is

if I did,

away, leaving

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

"Ms. Jenkins had me stay away these past days, but I know she fainted at the

Fowler,"

out her movements these last

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

Natalia go to

Caspian hesitated.

hung up on

"Caspian, without her, I might have died in

for words, knowing all too well

in his

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

he had stayed the

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

nor

in the yard, looking like someone unable

be just a quirk

later, it became apparent that it

it's still crystal clear in

unable to nap, he decided to wander and found

unlocked,

witnessed a scene he could

with a pillow by his own mother,

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

how a mother could do such a thing

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in this

of destruction does such

once, but he had no idea how many

after returning from River State that Hamilton gradually started cooperating with his

therapy was,

painful memories, the therapist even resorted to electroshock