Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-95.149.92.195-20140312104241

So, I am having a hard time believing any of the theories floating around about Melissa cheating or Rafael being abusive and after giving it some thought, I've come up with my own theories.

Let's look at what we KNOW:

1) Melissa, Rafael and the Sheriff are keeping a secret, which is bad enough that they want to keep it from Scott, but not so bad that they want to keep Rafael away from Scott - hence, it's most likely not abuse

2) Stiles knows the secret, and he has kept it from Scott for years, and he is still keeping the secret now - hence, it's obviously something Stiles thinks is bad, but not so bad that Scott is in danger

3) The Sheriff and  Rafael don't like each other much because of this secret, but they still end up being friendly in the last couple of episodes - I doubt they would be sort of friendly with each other if Rafael had been abusive

4) NogiStiles says Melissa called the Sheriff after "it" happened, making it sound like it was a singular event. Seeing as Stiles overheard, it is likely Melissa called the Sheriff at home.

5) Rafael used to have drinking problems

I think - and HOPE - that the writers are not trying to turn Melissa into a villain by suddenly shifting the blame from Rafael to her. The trope of villying female characters to redeem male characters is too often used in television. I also doubt there would have been animosity between the Sheriff and Rafael, and Stiles and Rafael, if this was all Melissa's fault.

So, I think Rafael did something bad relating to drinking or his job (or both) and Melissa asked the Sheriff to cover it up. So Melissa told the Sheriff about whatever it was because of the Sheriff's profession, and not because of them having an affair or anything like that.

What if, Rafael was drunk driving and got into a crash with another car (maybe Malia's mom's car and the crash made Malia "wolf" out? I always thought it was weird that - if Malia was born supernatural - she did not lose control until she was 8). Knowing he would lose Melissa, Scott and his career if he was caught drunk driving, Rafael hurried home. He breaks down in front of Melissa and tells her everything OR Melissa somehow figures it out. Melissa calls the Sheriff, because she needs to tell someone that there is a crashed car out there.

Someone dies in the crash and the authorities are not able to tell if it's a single vehicle accident or if it's a hit and run, but the Sheriff knows it was Rafael. Melissa asks the Sheriff to cover it up, because she does not want Scott growing up thinking his dad is a killer (even if it was an accident). The Sheriff agrees, because Scott and Stiles are best friends, Melissa and Claudia were best friends, and perhaps Melissa was one of the nurses who took care of Claudia, so he feels like he owes her. They cover it up, but it puts such a strain on Melissa and Rafael's marriage and on Rafael's conscience that they divorce and Rafael runs off.

What do you guys think?  