Chapter 1052 Her Distress Is His Distress

Caleb's frown deepened as he tossed away the cigarette in his hand.

"Hansel said Penny was born from Holly's affair, right?"

Finn flipped through the documents in front of him, uncovering a more sordid truth.

"It's likely. Holly Zimmerman... used to work in Union County's red-light district. As you know, security wasn't as good 20 years ago. Hansel was a small-time thug who had served time for assaulting a neighbor's daughter.

"After his release, he married Holly, who had decided to part ways with her old life. He also has a crippled brother, whom he caught Holly seducing. When the child was born, Hansel suspected it was his brother's daughter, so he sold her.

"The hospital records also show that the child's father is Hansel's crippled brother."

The revelation was uncomfortable. It was a mother's affair with her husband's brother, leading to the birth of a child. Not to mention, the child's father was a poor cripple of questionable character.

"Caleb, I've interrogated the coup