Core orbit
Molly · David · Lee · Sarah Jane · Aunt Maggie · Muggsly.
Ken
Ken belongs to an earlier relationship and is remembered with the absurdly clarifying parenthesis that his name really was Ken, “the doll.” The line is typical of the work’s interest in names that sound too neat to be trusted even when they are true.
Sarah Jane as internal voice
Sarah Jane is not merely Molly’s oldest-longest friend. Her voice recurs inside Molly’s thinking, sometimes supportive and sometimes taunting, until friendship becomes a portable commentary track. She also functions as social relay: strangers can know Molly through what Sarah Jane has already told them.
Maggie and Jim
Aunt Maggie and her husband Jim become part of the work’s mortality/inheritance machinery. After Maggie is gone, Jim “went after her”; the childless couple’s house and custom alterations remain for Molly to encounter as material residue.
Work and social names
István belongs to Molly’s work/gallery situation. Alex Sandoval / Alex Espinoza surface in conversation as uncertain social-reference names rather than stable protagonists. The page preserves them here instead of manufacturing biographies out of passing mentions.
Chiara is not Chiara
Molly’s one-off “I’ll be Chiara” rave alias is kept separate from Chiara the cat in INTERIOR HORRORFILM. Same name is not continuity.