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

chess games with grandpa, always alone, while the Powell family,

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

no point in continuing with the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell the Ron Group's

Alden hurriedly agreed.

phone to contact Natalia but froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly tried calling her,

of dread

head back to the country

Scarlett's, but no one answered. Next,

for her, refused to

her shift to finally confront

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed

were you when you needed? Do you have any idea she

was etched with pain, "Where is

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

walked away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr. Scarlett dismissed

Fowler," Killian

"Find out her movements these

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

you still hung up

might have died in River

was momentarily lost for words, knowing all too well

in his grand

several children from

them, he had stayed

or seven years old, but he lacked the usual

nor engaging in play, and seldom

like someone unable to

be

became apparent that it was not

it's still crystal clear in

decided to wander and found himself in Hamilton's

gate was unlocked, so he slipped

witnessed a scene

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

mistake, you shouldn't even exist

fathom how a mother could

Cruel, full of venom.

shouldn't exist

does such a sentence wreak on a

scene once, but he had no idea how many times the young Hamilton had gone through

returning from River State that Hamilton

painful the therapy was,

painful memories,