Carson McKay

Carson McKay is the father of Grady and Samantha McKay and the husband of Kristi. He is a man of real warmth and practical skill, but his life is shadowed by a gambling addiction. The debts it created once drove him to walk out on his family without a word. After six months away, he returned to Odyssey hoping to win them back. He set about proving himself in small, patient ways - handing over honest earnings, fixing the family car, and asking nothing in return. His relationship with Grady is the most fragile and the most important to him, strained by the boy's hurt over being abandoned. Wooton Bassett, the friend who stood in for him during his absence, is also part of the family's circle.