character a baker or chef to be her business partner, former classmates at dalton or yale, someone who was friends with or dating her (npc) sister years ago for a complicated line, people around her age who were raised in the same social circle her parents occupied, a best friend who knows the worst about her and vice versa, a recent-ish ex who did their best but couldn't make it work, a couple of part-time employees for her cat cafe and one full-time employee who's more or less her right hand, animal shelter employees who help pair her with cats to foster for adoption, someone certified in grief counseling for something specific, neighbors at one north fourth in williamsburg