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

alone, while

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

the NorthSuburb project. Also, tell

Alden hurriedly agreed.

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

of

to

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

was looking for her, refused to see

finished her shift to finally confront

"Where's Natalia?"

eyes blazed with

you when you needed? Do you have any

face was etched with

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

leaving Hamilton

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

know she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr. Scarlett dismissed me."

Mr. Fowler," Killian

breath, "Find out her movements these last few

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

to

Caspian hesitated.

still hung up

might

lost for words, knowing all too

in his grand

up his precious grandson's spirits, had invited several children from long-standing family

them, he

six or seven years old, but he lacked

nor engaging in

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

was thought to be just a quirk of

became apparent that

incident, it's still crystal

unable to nap, he decided

was unlocked,

witnessed a scene

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

shouldn't even exist in this world, just

how a mother could do such

Cruel, full of venom.

exist

destruction does such a sentence wreak on a

he had no idea how many times the young Hamilton had gone through

after returning from River State that

therapy was,

painful memories, the therapist