Melissa Carter

Melissa Carter is the wife of army veteran Michael Carter and mother of Chloe and Jayden Carter.

Biography
Originally from Essex, United Kingdom, Melissa Hill grew up in a large family with several brothers and sisters. It wasn't until young Melissa was four that she and her family would move to Australia for a fresh start. Being hotter than her original home, Melissa and her family quickly got used to the hot and harsh conditions, but they were happy enough to call it home.

As a teenager, Melissa grew up as an ordinary teenage girl. At age 19, when Melissa was going out with two friends, her car broke down. It was taken to the mechanic where she met her future husband, Michael. Michael was a polite young man and the pair were the perfect match, even her two friends had a small crush on him and regarded Melissa as a "lucky girl".

When Melissa and Mick were in their early twenties, they got married just as Mick was to be deployed to Vietnam to serve his country. It wasn't till two years later that Melissa saw her husband again, but he would never be the same.

Years went by and Michael's PTSD was beginning to tear Melissa and Michael's marriage apart. But neither of them would let that happen. It wasn't until they were almost 40 that they decided they'd have children in the hopes of yet another fresh start, also because Melissa always wanted to have children but never got the chance because of Michael's PTSD.

In 1998, Melissa and Michael had their first child, Jayden and then three years later they had a second child, Chloe. Throughout the years, Melissa started to find it difficult to look after her son and autistic teenage daughter. As of 2018, Melissa found her daughter more and more difficult to take care of because of the bullying she would go through almost every day. Melissa found it hard to cope with the constant autistic meltdowns, shutdowns and burnouts that Chloe would go through almost every week. Half way through the year, Maddi spent the night at their house to get away from her father and had dinner with Melissa, Jayden and Chloe. The next morning, Melissa entered Chloe's room to wake the girls up to see them sleeping in the same bed together, nude. Shocked, Melissa closed the door and waited for the girls to get dressed. Maddi walked out first and Melissa lead her to the front door. Maddi constantly apologized, stating she would never deliberately try to embarrass Chloe in such a way. Maddi drove off and returned home.

Later that day, Melissa went to talk to Chloe, who revealed she had come out bisexual following her one night stand with Maddi. Regardless of what she thought of her daughter's decision to change her sexuality, Melissa supported her. The bullying only got worse and eventually lead to Chloe making several suicide attempts. In which Jayden and Melissa stopped her each time. Melissa eventually hid Michael's gun so Chloe would never find it and trimmed her nails/claws so she couldn't inflict self harm on herself including slitting her wrists or throat, albeit, it didn't stop Chloe from hitting herself.

Saints Row (2018)
By the events of Saints Row (2018), Melissa still lives on Russell Island. She somehow convinces Persephone and Maddi to let her aboard the Helleporter to give Chloe spare luggage for her "sleepover". She continues to embarrass her daughter until she is teleported back home by Chloe herself to prevent further embarrassment in front her new and old friends.

Throughout the course of the game, Melissa and Chloe are seen together having the usual mother and daughter conversations/moments.

Personality
Melissa is a caring, compassionate person, ever since she was young-something that carried over to her daughter, Chloe. As a mother, she was prepared to be one since she was pregnant with Jayden and knows what she is doing. She shows this experience when Chloe constantly asks for advice on taking care of baby Chelsea, as she wasn't up to the task herself.

Like mothers of other animal species, Melissa is very protective of her son and daughter and is always there when either one of them is in a tight situation or find themselves in a lot stress, especially Chloe as she isn't entirely independent like Jayden.

Appearance
Melissa is a middle aged woman with long, blonde hair that is usually tied into a ponytail or just left untied completely.