Josefina Bergin was a Talented and graceful young woman in the fifth section commune of Bainet in lower Grandou. In this grand neighborhood she came of age, but once she married, she made her home in the eighth section, town of Orange and Habitation of Risqué. As the first daughter of the Bergin family, she grew up surrounded by attention and love, and coveted by a religious mother and a deceptive house servant. She was the only girl in a family of four children, three boys and the delicate and beautiful Josefina. Madame Bergin loved her daughter, but because of her Christian beliefs, she was careful not to spoil her. However, the servant that took care of Josefina was indulgent in her feelings for the child, which bordered on intense adoration.
In the Bergin household, they had many servants and guardians, but Madame Bergin chose one servant, Liliane Faustin, to take care of Josefina until she went off to convent school in her pre-adolescent years. Madame Bergin was a strong but kind woman and a great believer in the Christian faith. The poor servant she selected for her beautiful child came from the nearby area of Carrefour George witha pitiable heart. She had lost her entire family quickly in a horrible affliction that had gripped their little village for nearly three months. When this terrible disease lifted its curse, Liliane’s mother and father were dead. Her two brothers and sister were still very sick and they died several weeks after the demise of the parents. Alone, Liliane knew very deep depression. Her grandparents had died and her only aunt and uncle in the whole world were in the United States. Her neighbors got in touch with them and they were willing to transport Liliane to New York City where the relatives lived. Liliane refused to leave Haiti and nothing could convince her otherwise. The pain was almost unbearable for her but the women of her community, many of them practitioners of voodoo, saved her-at least that is what she was told and believed. Her mother had initiated Liliane into the wizardry arts when she was a very young girl. Liliane loved the power and mystique of it.

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