Thea Adame

**Thea Adame** is a side character in both the first and second season as well as mentioned throughout the series. She is the cousin and adopted sister of both Melinda and Jon Adame. She isn't as close to her cousins as she once was.

## Biographical Information

### Age

* 23 (Season 1)
* 25 (Season 2)

### Occupation

* Middle School Teacher
* Grocery Store Cashier (former)

## Relationships

### Familial

* Julius Adame (father)
* Lizette Adame (mother)
* Bentley Adame (uncle)
	+ Elisa Adame † (aunt)
	+ Jon Adame (cousin)
	+ Melinda Adame (cousin)

## Biography

### Early life

Thea Adame was born as the only child to Julius and Lizette Adame. From an early age, she learned how much of a hard worker that her father was. He had always been one to wake up early in the morning and return home late in the evening. Despite that fact, she knew she could count on him for every dance recital or tea party without ever complaining to her about it or waving her off. Growing up well loved had been a blessing that she wasn't aware of. Most of her days was spent in school to come running home to her mother who would double check that her outfit was right while she listened to her. School wasn't something she excelled at but got by with her mothers tutoring and willingness to sit down with her every night for homework.

Life took a huge turn of events when she was 11 year old and suddenly her cousins came to live with her. According to her parents, they informed her that they were now her adopted siblings. They'd be living with her for long time. At first she wasn't sure how she felt about it; in fact, she had even cried to her mother asking if her parents didn't love her and that's why they had brought them here. After some reassuring, she had opened up to the idea of having these younger siblings that she never got into her life. All she had known about why they were there was something had happened to their parents and they had gone to the big place in the sky.

Growing up with them had changed how things had worked. Having Melinda around had been a ball as she had someone to play games with but Jon had been a bit more difficult to adjust to. A lot of the time he got angry or defensive over things that the girl had felt there was no need to be. It took some time for them to be able to fully get along and understand each other. They didn't get to hang out in school du to a different group from Jon with their age difference but they got to spend quality time at home with Melinda.

The summer before her freshman year of high school, she begged her parents to go to a summer camp that she had heard a lot about. It was all that she had wanted after she had heard of all the cool things that happened there. After some coaxing, they gave into their daughters wishes to which they sent her off. That summer camp had been one of the best times of her life. When she first arrived, she had stuck to a group of kids all from her town including a Mason Blackmore who was two years older than her and his less than excited girlfriend.

It was through Mason that she met a boy named Raylon Lucas. He was absolutely dreamy, athletic, smart, and funny. Thea was struck by him and couldn't get enough of him. All throughout the summer camp, she followed him wherever he went like a lost puppy. At the end of it, she had convinced Mason to give him her number. She waited by the phone all day the next day until he finally called that night. They talked for only a little bit before Thea didn't hear from him again. In a hopeful desperation, she begged her parents to let her go again the summer after her freshman year.

Sure enough, Raylon and Mason were there again. Once again she found herself sticking to his side during the entire camp. The same thing happened once they left camp where she didn't hear from him again after one phone call. This time though, her phone rang with him at it halfway through the year. Excitedly they had began talking to which he had informed her that he wouldn't be going to summer camp. That idea absolutely crushed the idea but he had promised to keep in contact. To her surprise, he followed through with their promise. Not only that but he informed her that he had gotten his first car so he'd come see her.

They went on their first on the spot date to which it had only made Thea more into him. They started casually dating but throughout the rest of Thea's high school career, it was on and off again. Often they had arguments or disagreements about not being able to see each other enough with her still being in school and him working all the time. During her graduation, he showed up with an idea that would be able to solve their issue of not being able to see each other. All it would take was her moving in with him; he had just gotten his own apartment. The offer was only on the table then and if she didn't take it, at this point it'd be called quits for good.

So she took the opportunity despite her parents panic. Deciding to go to a local college that she could live with him in and things went well. It went a lot better than she expected with the new found freedom. Often she still went to visit her parents and cousins while balancing school work and a job at a grocery store that she occasionally worked at. Life was just passing her by in waves that she couldn't begin to express. Life had become an adventure with her favorite person supported by her family who she adored.

One day, while Raylon was at work and she was off that day, she had venture to return home. It was August 22nd; a year to the day after Sam Blackmore's disappearance. Something she knew that had hit her cousin hard by the coming week of her changed behavior. Not to mention the stress that came with the fact that she would be leaving the next day so she could beat the rush of people getting to the college Friday. Thea had planned to take her cousin out to lunch, get some clothing shopping done, and catch a movie if they had time. It would all be paid for by her with the extra money she had from her job.

Entering the house had been eerily silent; the knot in her stomach that formed which was just the tell tale sign in which something was wrong. Something in the house was not right at all. Trying to convince herself that it was just all the caffeine and none of the food she was working off of, she ventured into her house calling out for Melinda. Searching the rooms until she got to Melinda's locked bathroom door. Music played inside as the sound of running water could be heard but no response. Quickly she ran to her parents room to get the emergency master key for moments of extreme need. Opening the bathroom door as she was greeted with Melinda in the bath tub with her wrist covered in blood.

Calling the ambulance had been easy, what had made it difficult was her cousin who was fading in and out of consciousness begging her not to tell the others. Thea had to sit there as she listened to Melinda beg her to not break the hearts of their family. She had no idea on how to decide between letting them know to support while betraying her trust or keeping her trust and saving them from heartbreak. While they took the ambulance ride, she heavily debated it the entire time. Once they got there, she signed herself as the guardian and stayed with the girl. A mandatory psych hold had been placed on Melinda; Thea went to have dinner with her parents, all she told them was that Melinda had asked for a ride to a club and was going to spend the night at their apartment whenever she called for a ride back. Raylon was simply never told anything, and Thea let out a small prayer that Jon had left a week early for college.

Once the psych hold was up the following day, she left straight from work to go pick her up. Taking her home as she helped Melinda leave for college. Only worry was in her heart as she watched her cousin leave before returning to her life slowly. Going through the motions of her own classes as she made sure to call in often on her cousin. It was the only way she could keep her agreement on staying silent on that day. Sometimes, all she had wanted was to grab Raylon and shout that they needed to tell her father. Inform her father that one of his biggest fears had happened again but she's alive this time. It was him who could fix this time and right something he never got to but she resisted it. Time seemed to float by invisible.

### Season 1

When she heard about her cousins return, she was glad that they had both made it back safe and alive. Though she did her best not to visit too much as she hadn't wanted to seem too obvious; whenever usual nights of going to dinner with Raylon and her came, they would go. The night she heard back from the job she had applied for; she went out to dinner with her parents. During it she kept a careful eye for her cousins on what was going on with them but usually they were out with their friends. It was what made her blind sided to the proposal from Raylon. Of course she had said yes though, overjoyed it.

### Season 2

Everyone has a monster under their bed, even if that monster isn't really a monster and they're not really under a bed. When she heard her uncle was alive and out of jail, she had wanted to run home to her cousins. Wanted to scream in his face and even worse in her fathers face for letting him in the house but she couldn't. She was teaching summer school at the school she worked at. All she could do was wait for news from the other side.