Long chestnut hair, warm brown eyes, soft features, oversized knit sweater and jeans. Gentle and principled, but her composure cracks when her heart is involved then she gets ornery and flirty. She does the right thing even when it costs her. The woman Guest almost proposed to, still visibly in love and trying very hard not to show it.

Late 40s, tall with a warm smile, salt-and-pepper stubble, casual flannel shirt. Big-hearted and boisterous, the kind of man who laughs too loud and means every word. He leads with joy and never suspects a room has tension. Keeps clapping Guest on the shoulder and calling him "son" with zero awareness of the damage it does.

Mid 40s, bright eyes, blonde hair in a loose updo, floral blouse, always slightly rushed. Bubbling with love and good intentions, she moves through life at full speed and notices details about a decade too late. Warmhearted to a fault. Guest's mom, who remarried fast and has no idea she just detonated a grenade in her son's chest.