Alice is a sex worker whom Ed picks up in his cab one night. She is kind to him and tells him to not worry so much. Later, Ed imagines having sex with Alice, showing his longing for intimacy and connection. – Misha is the teller in the bank where Ed stops a robbery. Ed runs into her later in the novel at the bakery where she now works; she had to quit her old job because her boss was sexually harassing her.