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All the girls had been abandoned at a young age some from death some from abusive parents, some from parents that just up and left. They all ended up at this orphanage somehow. It was for older kids with little to no chance of adoption.

The girls are not related in this story and are all seventeen.

Christina put into the system when she was eight and her parents died of a car accident. She has OCD because of this and feels the need to control everything or will spiral into a panic.

Katherine came to the orphanage after parents died of measles when she was seven. Katherine had almost died too and was in the hospital for weeks recovering before actually coming. Katherine aspires to be a doctor and her parents were always against western medicine. She's conflicted and struggles with that a lot because she loved her parents but her indecisiveness is her downfall in relationships and life.

Lisa was abused as a child and she had the self defense mechanism of multiple personalities forming. Having PTSD from this abuse she was probably one of the latest admitted of the group at ten but definitely one of the most messed up. Her personalities have gotten under control with the help of therapy but she still struggles with flashbacks about it.

Amy is a bubbly ray of sunshine probably because no one was that to her as a child. She was an orphan from birth, her mother died during labor and there was no father listed. She was with an older lady for a couple of years but she suddenly died of a brain aneurism and she was back at the orphanage because of this she has trouble trusting that people are going to stay.

Lauren put into the system when she was six after her kindergarten teacher noticed bruises on her small body. Turned out her father had been abusing her for making mistakes. Which turned her into a perfectionist that is immensely scared of failure and disappointing anyone. She struggles with anorexia because her anxiety makes her feel so sick, she doesn't want to eat.

Dani put into the system as a baby and has had a few foster families. None stuck though as she is back in the orphanage. She was dropped off at the orphanage as a child, a teenage pregnancy they expect. She struggles with never feeling like she is enough after getting booted out of all the family's and has struggled with self-harm in the past.

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