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

always alone, while the Powell

Hamilton's expression grew colder.

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

Alden hurriedly agreed.

froze upon opening WhatsApp. He quickly

sense of

to the country

to Scarlett's, but no one

looking for her, refused to

Scarlett finished her shift

"Where's Natalia?"

blazed

have any idea she

etched with pain, "Where is

don't know, and even if I did,

walked away, leaving Hamilton with a

He dialed Killian immediately.

"Where did Natalia go?"

away these past days, but I know she fainted at the cemetery and spent a day in the hospital. Then Dr. Scarlett dismissed me." Hamilton, frustrated, "And

Fowler," Killian

out her movements these last few days, see

Killian hurried to comply.

Then, Hamilton called Caspian.

Natalia go to Boria City

Caspian hesitated.

hung up

I might have died in River State. You

was momentarily lost for words, knowing all too well the depth of Hamilton's troubled

in his

several children from long-standing

among them, he

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

never smiling, nor engaging

he'd just sit alone in the yard, looking like someone unable to

thought to be just a quirk of

became apparent that it was

incident, it's still crystal

decided

gate was unlocked, so

witnessed a scene

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

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

fathom how a mother could do such a thing to her

Cruel, full of venom.

shouldn't exist

kind of destruction does such

he had no idea how many times the young

River State that

therapy was, nobody

those painful memories, the therapist even resorted to electroshock