| Mrs. | Baker | The housekeeper. |
| Richard | Dick | A detective. |
| Mr. | Gurlain | The owner of Home Health Aides. |
| Evangeline | Hope | Lenora's mother. |
| Lenora | Hope | Kit's patient. The woman who slaughtered her own family. |
| Virginia | Hope | Lenora's sister. AKA: Ginny. |
| Winston | Hope | Lenora's father. |
| Berniece | Mayhew | One of Hope's servants. Ricardo's wife. |
| Ricardo | Mayhew | The groundskeeper. Lenora's lover. |
| Kathleen | McDeree | Kit's mother. |
| Kittredge | McDeree | Narrator and protagonist. AKA: Kit-Kat, Kit. |
| Patrick | McDeree | Kit's father. |
| Mary | Milton | Lenora's former care person. |
| Mrs. | Planker | Kit's former patient. |
| Dr. | Walden | The Hope's physician. |
| Peter | Ward | The Hope's family artist. |
| Anthony | | One of Lenora's workers. AKA: Tony. |
| Archibald | | Lenora's chef. AKA: Archie. |
| Carter | | One of Lenora's workers. |
| Jessica | | Lenora's maid. AKA: Jessie. |
| Kenny | | Kit's neighbor and secret lover. |
| Marcel | | Jessie's father. Ginny's son. |
| Ricky | | Virginia's lover. |
| Sally | | Lenora's maid. |
