While little Patricia was longingly looking at the swimming pool, a boy of her age appeared out of nowhere.

He patted her on the shoulder and looked down at her.

With the sun shining directly behind him, his face was veiled by a shadow.

"Hello.My name is Jack White.What's your name?"

Patricia raised her head and squinted at the boy next to her.

Once she could make out his features, she gave him a bright smile and said, "My name is Patricia Sampson.Can you be my friend?"

She had never had friends.

She didn't know how to approach the other kids, and none of them talked to her voluntarily.

Jack was the first one who had come up to her and talked to her.

"Of course.We are good friends from now on."

Jack pulled Patricia up and led her towards the swimming pool.

"Let's go swimming.It's okay if you don't have a swimsuit.I'm not wearing one either."

Patricia held Jack Bai's hand in surprise and said, "You are so kind to me.How did you know that I'm not playing in the water because I don't have a swimsuit?"

Jack rolled his big beautiful eyes and beamed at her.

"I guessed it, since you're not wearing one!"

Without saying anything more, Patricia followed Jack to the swimming pool with a smile.

But as soon as she stepped near the edge of the swimming pool, she was pushed into it.

Patricia was immediately submerged in water.

As she tried to waddle up to the surface, she opened her mouth to breathe and ended up swallowing a few mouthfuls of water.

Soon, she was choking desperately.

She could barely keep her eyes open, let alone see the people at the edges of the pool.

A group of children had surrounded the pool and were laughing loudly.

Out of them, Jack looked the proudest.

When Patricia had almost run out of air, a little boy swam over quickly with

on a little longer.Keep your mouth shut and don't

made Patricia obediently close her mouth

her to the surface of the water, and quickly put the pool float

squinted at the

enough to fall

face was covered

a slight smile at the corners of his lips, which

answering his question,

speak, but she wanted

Patricia's shoulder, the boy led her to the edge of the swimming

"My name is Zac Reynolds.Since I saved you, you have to be my little brother and listen

"But I'm a girl..."

didn't forget to point

you can be my little sister.I will protect you no matter what happens, as long as you listen to

of the pool, and then helped her get out

came to her senses,

into

in the house sent

today? So where had everyone gone? The house had been lively with plenty of people just a while

the house in confusion, leaving wet footprints

in the backyard, she heard someone

walked towards the room that she shared with her grandfather.As soon as she entered the room, she was

is play all day long.Don't you know that you're supposed to stay by your

a slap on her face, followed by

grandfather's bed in a hurry to

the crowd and made it to his

that you won't have to suffer hardships with your mother.But who would have thought that you would kill your grandfather? If you can't even take care of him, what

shouted at her, he continued to

and her whole body

were fixed on her grandfather, who was lying lifelessly on the bed.  Was he really dead? It was only upon thinking of

night and freezing by the time Patricia

whole family had already dispersed, leaving her lying there alone

the floor and ran out, not even noticing her still- damp skin or the

said that he would protect her? The six-year-old girl ran through the street frantically looking for Zac, but she couldn't

for Zac

years, she learned from her classmates that Zac was just like her— he was an outcast in his own

that they both had

"Grandpa..."

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