Rachel Bates

Biography
Rachel Bates, 35-year-old daughter of Constantine Bates. The Phelan family loves Rachel and Constantine. She decides to visit her mother while Charlotte Phelan is having a meal with Grace Higginbotham and other women from Washington DC. Charlotte does not want to show that she loves Rachel and tells her to go. She closes the screen door on a stunned Rachel. Rachel opens the door and walks into the dining room while the other women are shocked. As Rachel welcomes her mother, Grace Higginbotham stands up, completely stunned, and forces Charlotte to make an unpleasant call. Charlotte demands Rachel to leave the house.

Constantine pulls Rachel towards the kitchen. Charlotte blocks the path to the front door and demands Rachel and Constantine to leave the house at once. Rachel and Constantine are forced to leave. Rachel leads her sad, frail mother out the door. The screen door slams shut behind them. Constantine turns and, placing her hand on the screen door, looks at Charlotte for a final time. Charlotte looks torn as she walks to the door and closes it on them.