Chapter 1052

Fitch rifled through the documents in front of him, the truth becoming even more unbearable.

“Seemed like it. Clara was a woman of the night over in Crystalbrook Valley. You know how things were over twenty years ago; the law wasn’t as tight as it is now. Drew was a thug who landed himself in prison for a few years for messing with the neighbor’s daughter. When he got out, he married Clara. Drew had a crippled brother in the family. Drew had caught Clara seducing his brother, and he suspected that when Maja was born, she might be his brother’s child. That’s why he sold her away. The hospital records even show that the crippled brother was the father.”

The truth was even more distasteful. A mother who had an affair with her husband’s brother, resulting in her. And the biological father was a poor cripple with a questionable character.

“lan, I’ve had the couple interrogated. That was the information we’ve gathered. I’ve always had people in Crystalbrook Valley, but that situation is a tricky one. Clara and Drew’s information has been thoroughly examined by the circle. You know how it’s been since the incident in Solstice Spire, many families have sent people over, fearing something unknown happening.”

So Crystalbrook Valley, that remote and impoverished place, was always under everyone’s surveillance.

lan lit another cigarette.

If Fitch’s people had found these results, then if he were to investigate again, the outcome would be the same.

Even if he had great capabilities, events from twenty years ago were impossible to verify, especially when those involved had disappeared without a trace.

He did not light his second cigarette but merely held it in his mouth.

After hanging up the call, he set down his cigarette and returned upstairs.

Maja was awake, standing on the balcony, lost in thought.

water in her hand. She’d probably woken up

go to

set down her glass of water.

company needs me constantly, and

rubbed her forehead with her

Wilma, her fans

before slowly moving towards her

“You should sleep.”

him and nodded.

hour later, lan heard a

in her sleep, “Mom.”

up and felt

a

something was off when he saw her standing on

the outside world, Maja seemed strong. Even if she was humiliated at a party,

knew that only Lillian

biological parents appeared, all her past longing for Lillian came rushing back.

then wiped her down

as if she was being roasted on a fire

woke up, her vision was blurry.

lan talking to

an eye on this project. Are the people I sent over assisting

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