Senator Gerald DeBlass is Sharon DeBlass's grandfather. Senator DeBlass is very powerful, a senator who runs on a morality platform, and he uses this power to force Dallas to share the results of her investigation into the death of Sharon DeBlass with him, possibly compromising the case. Senator DeBlass places a great deal of pressure on Dallas to solve the case, but then appears to be interfering every step of the way. Dallas tries to keep DeBlass out of the investigation, but finds it difficult.