Melody is the daughter of Hallie Logan and Teddy Jackson, however she is raised in Sewell in a mining town believing Chester Logan to be her real father. The fact that Teddy is Melody's biological father is revealed until much later. Haille is very beautiful, but very unhappy with their life in the trailer park, Haille dreams of becoming a model or actress. In spite of this, Melody's upbringing is a happy one until one day Chester fails to return home; he has been klled in a mining accident. In the weeks leading up to his death, Melody had overheard arguments between Haille and Chester over Haille's spending time in a local bar and rumours of her increasing closeness to Archie Marlin, a sleazy bartender. Following Chester's untimely death, Haille begins to openly frequent bars, and quits h