Character's In The Lost Hearts Story

Kimberly Waithe (Central Character)

A 15 year old girl who seems very introverted. She is near sighted and is very intelligent. In her earlier life, she was abused by her father and she ran away from home and bounced from orphanage to orphanage until the present day where she has run away from home and living in a shack. She has very low self esteem and tried to take her life numerous times before during the Adoptive family process. She is very distant with the students in the class especially the boys, because she was turned once by another student, who thought she was ugly, skinny and thought she carried too much emotional baggage for her age. He told the class about some of the things she was into and some details about her past, they laughed and jeered at her and she eventually became an outcast.

She also likes to watch people and see what makes them tick, in doing so, she becomes addicted to watching her teacher, Mr. Jeffery Niles. She eventually stalks him and becomes distributional that they could be lovers.


Jeffery Niles (Secondary Character)
A 35 year old maths teacher. Tall and slim build and very strict. He believes in working hard and saving play for later. He is pursuing his degree in Philosophy at the university and is very knowledgeable in the field he is studying. He comes from a single parent home, where his mother was very controlling in the things he wanted and how things should be done.


Henderson Yarde (Tertiary Character)
A 15 year old boy in Mr. Niles class. He usually gives no trouble, but when with his friends, he turns into a follower. He is very bright in Maths, Science and Accounts and wants to be a Banker like his father. He does not like Kimberly because he thinks she has too many family problems in her life and he think he is too young to be tied down to one girl for so long. Also, when the mood suits him, he would help out his class mates with any thing he think he could do.