When Jenny was a baby, her mother tried to drown her in the sink. Surely the adult couldn't take it anymore, being raped, then having to take care of a baby. 

So young Jenny landed at Rosewater Orphenage, with only one dirty diaper for clothing, in the cold wind of december.  

When Miss Carter found her, she had extreme difficulty to breathe, and her body was almost frozen. Small stalactites could be seen at the extremity of the baby's fingers, as her face took another shade of blue. 

The doctors had given everything to save the little one, and at the cost of much effort, she opened her eyes and screamed to death. Despite what she had endured, she was alive. " It's a miracle !" the assembly exclaimed. And, as if to support this point, a comet pierced the skies, spreading behind it like a trail of joy.

Like most of her classmates, Jenny did not have a last name. She had no reason to have one, since she had no family. She was nicknamed "Jen the Alien" everywhere, after her inability to breathe normally. She had suffered from the after-effects of the sink episode, including a phobia of water and respiratory problems preventing her, in particular, from running or playing sports. Miss Carter had also considered calling a therapist to analyze the child's behavioral disorders. But she had promised Jen to leave her alone. The poor kid already had enough worries ...

Very early on, the other residents of the orphanage had designated Jenny as their scapegoat. Without apparent motive, the girl was being pushed or insulted in the corridors, sometimes to the tears. Miss Carter was not immune to the kid's misfortunes, however, she had too much to deal with to deal with herself exclusively.

And then Miss Carter died of cancer. Kristina Williston, the new director, was a stunted old woman with a hooked nose. Her husband had been a senior officer in the navy, which seemed to have greatly affected her personality.

- Stop with your moans! scolded the woman.

- But ... they hit me ...

- And what do you want me to do to, eh? I don't give a damn about your stupid stories! It's always with you that there is trouble, you little brat. If you want my opinion, you're just trying to get attention. Well, you know what? It doesn't work with me!

Little Jenny had therefore resigned herself to enduring the ordeal of her life in Rosewater. After all, she had braved death twice, she could survive some bullying!

So when at twelve, she was raped by the leader of the orphanage gang, no one ever heard of it.