Melissa Talbot was the wife of Doctor Cameron Talbot, a physician. Their son was born with a hereditary disease which would kill him before his third birthday, prompting Talbot to switch their son with another baby on the day he was born to try and protect his wife. After Cameron was sent to prison, Melissa arranged to make contact with Teodor Hájek, Eliška's ex-husband and the father of her 'adopted' son, allowing him to be part of her son's life in exchange for hearing what he had to tell her about her biological son.