Sympathy for HKS? No way. He deliberately kept the baby away from the father fully aware that he was not the father. He kept Daniel and other people from ANS. He prevented relatives from making up with ANS and now it is too late. He is keeping a grandmother from seeing the baby. He is trying to hinder the inquest into Daniel's death and that speaks for itself.
If he had cared for the baby, she would have done something about ANS's drug use - which might already have case serious damage. Then came the clincher - he wants a transition period. to do what?
For the rest of his ET contract, of course! He’s not exactly photogenic without the baby!