Protagonist
Abigail Fisher
Age 31 at series open · Born 1950
Intelligent, guarded, emotionally magnetic. Design instinct that will later become forensic precision. Loses the boutique, the marriage, and London. Gains strategic clarity and the knowledge of what she is capable of surviving.
Antagonist S1–S3
Liam Carrington
Age 32 at series open · The Knight
Abigail's husband. Moves in an L-shape — unpredictable, jumping over others. Charming, calculating. Dangerous not because he plans carefully but because he does not understand his own danger.
Partner
Thomas Keller
Age 33 at series open
Slow, deliberate, very few words. Ham radio operator. Cuts bread with knife and fork into strips. Furniture at precise angles. Diabetes, managed but present. Love as ground — the man who stays.
Mentor
Manon Davis
Age 34 at series open · Suggested: Olivia Colman
Abigail's best friend. Horn-rimmed glasses. Five pairs of the same yellow sandals. Her letters never give direct advice — she puts a shape down and walks away from it. Paper has a longer memory than any bastard in a good suit.
Stylist
Lorenzo Ferreira
Age 28 at series open · Suggested: Aron Piper
The boutique stylist. Three registers: Lorenzo (professional), Lo (family mode), Loretta (entirely private). The moth-embroidered handkerchief in his breast pocket. The velvet swatches that travel with him.
Daughter
Olivia Carrington
Age 9 at series open · Born 1972
Fierce, impulsive, perceptive. Mirror and wound. Her arc across the anthology carries some of the most precise emotional writing of the series.
