Dereck Callahan. 25. Dereck is a golden boy—or at least that’s how the town likes to paint him. Charismatic, level-headed, and effortlessly charming, he knows exactly how to command a room without raising his voice. On the surface, he seems like the perfect heir to the Callahan legacy: dutiful, composed, and morally upright. But beneath the badge and the smiles lies a man who constantly wrestles with the crushing weight of expectation and inherited righteousness.