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Del continued, “He doesn’t have a dad, but he’s got a buddy. Han Solo. Grady’s like Han Solo. He’s my buddy.”

Tara tried not to flinch. “You have a dad.”

Del’s face went stubborn. “He doesn’t want me. And I don’t want him. I don’t need him. I got a buddy.”

She wanted to tell him that his father still loved him in his own way. It was a lie, but she believed it was a lie he needed. He was too young to deal with the truth. As the movie’s theme music welled up, Tara’s heart sank. What were her choices? Let her son sit like an automaton in front of the television screen? Or let him fall even further under Grady McKinney’s spell?

For Grady could cast a spell, a strong one. She was close to being snared herself. Del was clearly starving for a man’s company. And so, perhaps, was she.