Kelsey

Kelsey, a character in Dirty Little Secrets, is one of your Downstreet neighbors. She is first seen in Chapter 2, although her name isn't revealed until Chapter 3.

Appearance
Kelsey has medium-length wavy blonde hair, brown eyes, and light skin. She wears a purple polka-dot shirt.

Personality
Kelsey claims she would never speak ill of the dead, unlike the Upstreeters who never do anything but gossip. However, she sarcastically criticizes Valerie shortly after her death, and she gossips constantly with you and other Downstreeters. She also implies Christine's a drunk despite the fact that she herself brought a margarita to rubberneck outside your house following Valerie's death, thereby revealing herself to be something of a hypocrite in general.

Background
Kelsey is married and has eight children who range in age from infant to college student. There are widespread rumors in the neighborhood that Kelsey's been having an affair with her kids' principal while her husband is at work. Christine implies Kelsey's youngest child may be a result of that affair.

Dirty Little Secrets

 * Chapter 2: Comfort From a Stranger
 * Chapter 3: Potluck of Secrets
 * Chapter 5: In The Wake Of
 * Chapter 7: Twin Surprises
 * Chapter 8: F is for Philanthropy
 * Chapter 9: War of the Car Washes
 * Chapter 10: Sweet Sadie-Anne
 * Chapter 11: On The Outs
 * Chapter 12: The Mayor's Mistress (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 14: Happy Kitchen, Happy Life
 * Chapter 17: Fires Are Lit
 * Chapter 18: Crimes of Passion

Your Character
You first encounter Kelsey when she and the rest of the neighbors gather outside your home following Valerie's death. In Chapter 3, she welcomes you into a Downstreet gossip session and tells you to stay away from Upstreeters because they are all opportunistic shrews who lack a conscience. Kelsey is concerned about your association with Carpenter, but remains friendly towards you until Sadie publicly accuses you of killing Valerie. She distances herself from you at that point, although she later admits she knows you're not a murderer. She claims she'd stand by you if it didn't mean defying Sadie, but that Sadie is blackmailing her and Mari into supporting everything she does. Since you now know that Kelsey will turn on you if Sadie wants her to, you feign a sympathetic ear in order to get Kelsey to confess the blackmail information during a premium scene, and you have every intention of later using those secrets to your own advantage.

Carpenter
Like many in the neighborhood, Kelsey believes Carpenter is responsible for his/her wife's death and potentially Valerie's as well, given that she died in a similar manner. When you attend Valerie's wake with Carpenter, Kelsey sadly says you clearly have no idea what he/she is capable of.

Christine Miller
Kelsey and fellow Downstreeter Marlene gossip about Christine in Chapter 3, referencing the recent news that she bribed colleges to get her daughter accepted, as well as their belief that Christine purposefully broke Kelsey's daughter's leg to keep her off the lacrosse team. Christine overhears and says Kelsey must have better things to do than spread lies about her, to which Kelsey replies by marveling that Christine was able to drag herself away from her wine cooler given how stressful her lawsuits must be. When Christine implies that Kelsey's husband wasn't the father of her newborn, you opt to leave before you become a casualty in their confrontation.

Valerie Wright
If you choose to hear more about what people thought of Valerie in Chapter 2, Kelsey says that Valerie's death was tragic. However, when you attempt to commiserate by talking about how sweet Valerie was, Kelsey responds with anger and sarcastically calls Valerie a doll who was always full of advice about her Downstreet neighbors' homes.

Mari
Kelsey and Mari are good enough friends to know some of each other's darkest secrets, and they can usually be seen hanging out together during community events. The two of them hold seniority among the other Downstreeters, most of whom follow their lead in neighborhood politics.

Sadie Hotchmitch
Like most Downstreeters, Kelsey dislikes Sadie but doesn't often stand up to her. In Chapter 11, Kelsey explains that Sadie is blackmailing her and Mari by threatening to expose embarrassing secrets unless they support her plans and persuade other Downstreeters to do the same. If you choose to let her confide the whole story, she reveals that Sadie holds photographic proof Kelsey once failed to wax her bikini line prior to swimming in her own backyard pool.

Trivia

 * Her character model resembles Julia Mason from High School Story.