Melanie was a sweet kind soul who hungered for the attention of her father. The one-sided relationship resulted in her accepting relationships from men she should have never entertained. Melanie always went with the flow of things, never having a voice of her own. The father inflicted verbal abuse on Melanie and her sister Rita, from childhood to adulthood. Their mother, Lashon suffered verbal along with physical abuse from the hands of the man who claimed to love her and their children. Melanie and Rita's mother, Lashon, was the only source of love and compassion in their lives. Melanie fell into the footsteps of her mother and lost herself and married a man who proved to have abandonment issues and who's interest was to control her. Jonathan shaped and molded Melanie to his liking. The two would conceive two children, Jonathan Jr. and Cataleya. Melanie's soul was appeased when she finally reconnected with her long-lost friend Chelsea, as she was the only person who knew Melanie's hell on earth as a teenage girl.