TW: miscarriage
[name_f]Melodie[/name_f] [name_f]Tara[/name_f] [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u] (31) is Otisâsâ former brief girlfriend and the older sister of [name_f]Lainey[/name_f], [name_f]Brynn[/name_f], [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Fosse[/name_m], whoâs notably distant from the other four siblings. Working as a marketing manager for a successful ethical clothing company, sheâs someone practically married to her job now, and several of her colleagues suspect sheâs going to be offered an even higher position soon thanks to how much time, effort and energy sheâs put into her performance. This has intensified since Laineyâs engagement, and the cynicism [name_f]Melodie[/name_f] views her nuptials with: an opinion she never shies away from voicing.
Due to their closeness in age, [name_u]James[/name_u] has the best memories of when Melodieâs personality became much more combative - as while she was never particularly close with [name_f]Lainey[/name_f], the two didnât really start disagreeing so much until they were older. When she was in her early 20s, specifically just before she graduated college, [name_f]Melodie[/name_f] became pregnant in the early stages of her relationship with a guy she thought was âThe Oneâ. In her third trimester though, and before she revealed the news to her family, [name_f]Melodie[/name_f] suffered a miscarriage, something that devastated her so much she kept the entire series of events secret, not even confiding in her mother - who she loves dearly .
In the aftermath of this traumatic incident, things worsened for [name_f]Melodie[/name_f], as the father of the child she lost broke up with her because he felt she wasnât âgetting over it quick enoughâ (the exact phrase he used when confronting her about the way she was emotionally shutting down). The frustration sheâs buried since this day has finally started to boil over in the wake of Laineyâs engagement, as the quickness reminds her of the whirlwind progression of Melodieâs time with her ex, and part of her admits she projects onto Laineyâs fiance because of what sheâs never felt able to admit. As the oldest, part of her still insists on protecting her little siblings, even if itâs to her own detriment.
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