Elisa Adame

**Elisa Adame** only appeared in flashbacks in Season 1 and is mentioned throughout both series by her children and later by her husband.

## Biographical Information

### Alias(es)

* Eli
* Lisa
* El
* Joy
* Sunshine (Bentley)
* Darling Mother (Jon)

## Relationships

### Familial

* Unnamed Father †
* Unnamed Mother †
* Unnamed Child †
* Jon Adame (son)
* Melinda Adame (daughter)
* Julius Adame (brother-in-law)
	+ Lizette Adame (sister-in-law)
	+ Thea Adame (niece)

## Biography

### Early life

Elisa was born to loving parents but despite that gift, she suffered heavily from a bundle of mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and ADHD. An only child, her parents put a lot of focus on her to try to help her. When she was younger, she found the easiest way to express herself was through art. It didn't stop any of the symptoms bit helped them notice when her mood was swaying one way or the other. If she was having a morning of hysteria and which way it went.

They helped her throughout school and when she wanted to go to college for art, they made sure it happened. Pouring all of their earned money into it as they saw fit. When she was only eighteen and newly in college, far from home, she had went into a fugue state. When she came to, she was in a store with the cops having been called. A cute police officer had talked the 18 year old down from the oncoming panic attack. In response, Elisa had given her number to him after he escorted her home.

Nothing came of it though, despite her waiting by the phone for a while. Eventually she gave up and started dating other people casually. Once in a while she had entered those states again but by now she made friends who looked after her. A year after the incident where she had meant Officer Adame, her phone rang out of the blue. It was him calling to which she answered.

The two hit it off and scheduled their first date. For the most part, he had been prince charming. He handled her states well including when she had a bad break. When she turned twenty, he had proposed. The only answer in her was a yes. Tragedy befell them quickly though when they returned home from their honeymoon to news of his sisters death. It had been difficult news to swallow but what was even more difficult was the anger that Bentley took towards directing at her in verbal abuse and manipulation.

Not too long later, she was pregnant with their first child. However, that pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage which led to the true side of Bentley's anger. The physical abuse came suddenly and she was ultimately too afraid to speak up. He had beaten the thought into her that no one else would deal with her with how much of a handful she was as well as the fact that she was a burden to her parents. They were enjoying their time where they didn't have to take care of her so much.

When she got pregnant again, she was terrified of anything bad happening so she was careful. Making sure to take her meds and eat right while resting when needed, she did her best to make sure everything was right. Months later, she gave birth to a baby boy they named Jon. Two years after they had a girl who they named Melinda. Finally, she had some light in her life to which she had been missing.

Her depression had been at an all time low as she felt like a failure of a mother as her kids got older. She couldn't protect them from the abuse that their father directed at them. Protecting herself was something she struggled to do. It didn't help her in the least bit at the end of the day but she was good at pretending everything was fine in front of her children. Pretending like nothing was ever wrong even when she was bleeding or suffering from broken ribs.

Seven years later, when she was only 34, her husband had come home in a new anger that she had never seen before. It was a storm of fury that she had no clue how to handle as he came at with her and begin beating her. During which, she did her best to beg for her life and apologize. It didn't work as she ended up losing conscious and never woke up after the incident.

### Season 1

Elisa only appeared in flashbacks in which she was under their fathers fists and occasionally singing to her children.