Tod's neighbor and romantic interest. Initially leads him on for a dare but feels remorse, beginning to help him with schoolwork. After a kiss through his plastic barrier and anger over his reckless behavior at school, she realizes her true feelings. She later leaves for art school but rides away with him when he steps out unprotected.
Nancy is Richard's wife, a successful architect whose career and family tensions strained their marriage. She dies after being poisoned with arsenic. Her suspicions about Richard, therapy sessions, and handwritten notes become important evidence in the investigation and trial, where the prosecution argues Richard doctored the notes.
A local resident of Sand Dollar Cove, possibly representing the town's older generation with ties to the pier's history.
Susan Rollins is a new, older student at Jeremy Jones's school who practices ballet and has recently moved from Detroit to New York with her father. Impressed by Jeremy's cello performance, she begins dating him, falls in love, and shares an intimate relationship with him before being forced to return to Detroit.
Cas Richter is emotionally attached to Ted Bundy despite questioning his honesty, his relationships with other women, and his disturbing comments about sex and young women. As the investigation develops, Cas identifies Ted by his full name and address, providing investigators with a crucial lead that helps connect him to the disappearances.
Ramona is an attractive, worldly young woman and one of the chorus girls in the touring show. Artie becomes smitten with her, and she provides his sexual initiation. Her connection with Artie is part of his coming-of-age experience before the company moves on and leaves him behind.
Bobbie Lee is a fifteen-year-old teenager and Billy Joe McAllister's romantic partner. She loves him, but he cannot consummate their relationship after his encounter with Dewey Barksdale. Wrongly believed to be pregnant, she refuses to let the false story define her, leaves home, and persuades Barksdale not to expose the truth before accepting his ride to the bus station.
Ruth is Ellen's sister and Margaret's daughter. Richard discusses using Ruth's artwork for his book cover, and the two grow closer as his marriage to Ellen deteriorates. Ellen manipulates Ruth into giving her sleeping pills, then uses the doctored pills to frame her. Ruth is arrested for Ellen's death, but evidence clears her.
Briefly appears as a local patron supporting community theater.
Glynnis O'Connor has 48 screen credits in a career dating back to 1973. Their work is anchored in the A Bread Factory Collection universe with 2 titles. Signature works include Why Me?, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Summer of Fear. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
