Jamie was a bedwetter and when you lived in an orphanage, prospective parents didn't choose bedwetters - at least not for long. Sick of wet sheets and nappies, Jamie was often returned back in disgrace and 'traded in' for a younger, dryer child.
He was the only older child allowed to remain in the orphanage, a product of his very short stature and obvious immaturity - and occasional wet pants. But at the age of eighteen, Jamie had finally been told he was leaving.