Jeanette age eight

At only eight years old Jeanette experiences rape. Her "friend" Billy Deel rapes her and the next day decides to stalk her. Billy stands outside the house calling Jeanette’s name. When Lori tells him to go away he says he told Jeanette she would be sorry and began firing his BB gun. Lori then runs upstairs to grab Rex's pistol and shoot in Bills direction to scare him off. The next day they once again moved. They move into Grandma Smith's old house and Rex lands an electrician job. At this point everything was going good and the children even had bicycles. Rose Mary encourages the children to not conform to society and be unique. Also Rex brings the children to the zoo and brings his children in the cage with a live cheetah and begins petting it. He puts both himself and his children in serious peril by doing so and it doesn’t seem to faze him. Soon after Rex lost his job and the family began falling apart once again. Food was scarce and because of the lack of income Rose Mary had taught the children how to shoplift.