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

few chess games with grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family, unusually quiet,

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

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

Alden hurriedly agreed.

contact Natalia but froze upon

sense of dread filled

to the

but no

hearing Hamilton was looking for her, refused to see

Scarlett finished her shift to finally confront

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed

needed? Do you have any idea she

was etched with pain,

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

that, Scarlett walked away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

at the cemetery and spent a

Mr. Fowler,"

"Find out her movements these last few

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

go to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

you still hung up

"Caspian, without her, I might have died in

was momentarily lost for words, knowing all too well the depth of

in his grand

his precious grandson's spirits, had invited several children from

he had stayed the

about six or seven years old, but he lacked the

odd, never smiling, nor engaging in play,

just sit alone in the yard, looking like someone unable to blend into the

to be just a

later, it became apparent that it was not the

crystal clear in

decided to wander and found

was unlocked,

scene he could never

seven, was being smothered with a pillow

mistake, you shouldn't even exist in this world, just die,

mother could do such a thing to her

Cruel, full of venom.

exist in this

does such a sentence

had no idea how many times the young Hamilton had

from River State that

therapy was, nobody

make him forget those painful memories, the therapist even resorted to