A beautiful, intelligent, and comical woman. She is a successful software sales representative and a former fashion and print model who gave up her modeling career for an unsupportive ex. She has been single for six years.
Tyler's older brother, a tall, Black male in his mid-thirties with a beard, a hightop fade, and an athletic build. Reckless and irresponsible. He lives on the wild side and admits to harboring deep-seated jealousy toward Tyler's success. He owes $13,000 to local drug dealers, a debt that eventually endangers Tyler.
Tyler's sports agent, a man in his mid-fifties. Constantly busy, highly animated, and always interrupting conversations to take other calls and "put out fires". He refers to Tyler affectionately as "Ty-Dog".