Childhood in Hampton
Juniper's life began tragically when her mother did not survive the maternity process. She was left under the care of her single father, who was also deeply affected by the loss of his wife. While Gregory did everything he could to care for his daughter, he was far from the perfect father; he ignored her for a good chunk of her life and did the bare minimum to keep her heathly. The two did not have a close relationship which stoked the flames inside of her heart.
Growing up, Juniper slowly realized that she did not find pleasure in anything and feel for much. Nothing excited her or even made her upset, so she felt completely empty on the inside. She understood that she wasn't a normal kid despite her attempts in order to feel like one. At first, Juniper started with small things to spark some emotion into her; she would make messes at school, dirty up gardens, play all sorts of games, but nothing worked. Soon, she became desperate and started doing more drastic endeavors. Kids were deathly afraid of her, especially after the harmful things she would experiment on them with. Again, nothing worked.
At the age of 11, Juniper made the decision to take one final drastic measure. During a drive with her father, she grabbed the wheel and swerved the car into traffic, killing her father instantly. Unfortunately to her, she lived. A messy court case went down which sparked a new feeling in her: fear, as she acted for her life and blamed the drunk driver that slammed into their car. The young girl was now orphaned without the financial support from her extended family.
Being a Carmichael
The child's stay in foster care was very short; someone almost immediately adopted her into the family. Juniper had to leave Hampton to live in New Haven, a city a state away, without her extended loved ones. This man was Wade Carmichael, a business man who showed a deep interest in her after the court case against the drunken driver. Life with Mr. Carmichael was a different kind of strange; Juniper was not used to such nice amenities in her life and having a doting parental figure. She was showered with love and given the childhood most kids would dream of. However, she was still met with that same lingering problem from inside.
Juniper had been caught burying an animal after some time, and despite figuring her new father would reprimand her, Mr. Carmichael instead pulled the girl over for a lesson. He taught her to hide her tracks better, blend in the crowd, and to act "normal" as the world accepted it. She learned how to survive in this world and that she will not die even if she wanted to. Together, Juniper grew up with the tools to become something more menacing than she could ever imagine.
Return to Hampton
At the age of 20, Juniper decided to find her old family again and moved back to Hampton. Her father provided her the funds in order to build up her own personal bakery and live by herself. She met up again with her cousin Xavier Lost, who joined forces to work the criminal underground with his reunited cousin. Now, the cupcake queen works for Seth Braddock as his righthand woman and keeps the streets of Hampton as dangerous as ever.
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