The Demon Deep in Oklahoma

Good looking pastor with a big smile and an even bigger heart that just happens to be harboring an enormous secret.  Lewis loves the Lord with his entire soul and fully believes in the fundamental evangelical ideals in which he was raised, but the truth of who he actually is keeps a battle raging inside of him between what he believes and what he feels. Lewis is a devoted father, but fails in his attempts at being a good husband, causing a crack in his family that allows evil to creep inside and tear them all apart.

The pastors wife with hair pulled back into a tight bun, fresh faced, no make-up and always wearing a dress with tiny floral print. Virginia finds comfort in control. Control of her home, her kids, her husband, her perceived reputation to the town, her faith. Little by little the control she has begins to unravel one after the other, causing the wall, the façade surrounding this deeply wounded woman to crack and fall to pieces all around her. Exposed and vulnerable, Virginia must fight her way through this new darkness to save not only her broken family, but herself, as well.

Youngest child in the Heaton family and appears to be innocent and trusting in nature. She is showered with attention from both of her parents, but in very different ways. Lewis is a loving Father, but Virginia, being the disciplinarian in the family, is steering Katie to be more like her, isolated and independent and relying only on her faith in God and nothing else. Living through the nightmare of being attacked in her room, Katie shifts and at the tender age of 6, challenges her Mom for dominance in the family.

Highly sensitive little boy. His soft heart and empathetic nature make him an ideal big brother. Wes, not fully understanding the role his father played in causing pain to the family, basks in the attention and affection from his Dad, while seeking to regain his Mother’s approval, who has grown more distant and cold toward him after the recent shame the family has endured. His bond with his sister has grown stronger now that the family has been shunned by the community and they are isolated in their remote country home. He is protective of Katie and watches over her with a close eye. As the attacks worsen on her, he struggles with the feeling of failing her as a big brother and tries desperately to help her in anyway he can.

 Virginia’s father has an aged, worn face from living a life full of secrets, but is ruggedly handsome and full of swagger and confidence. He is a widow and though he may not be alone in the sense that he gets a lot of attention from ladies, he has never remarried and is very much lonely. His relationship with his daughter, Virginia, is cold and strained to say the least. Though they’ve never discussed it, he assumes it is because she is aware that he was not faithful to her mother. He just has no idea just how much she truly does know.