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.

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

little longer.Keep your mouth shut

pleasant, which made Patricia obediently close her

her to the surface of the water, and

against the pool float, Patricia squinted at the

could you be dumb enough to fall for

was covered

had a slight smile at the corners of his lips, which

his question, Patricia asked,

speak,

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

"My name is Zac Reynolds.Since I saved you, you have to be my little brother and listen to me in the future.And I will protect you no matter what

"But I'm a girl..."

lightheaded she felt, Patricia 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

climbed out of the pool, and then helped her get out

came to her senses, Zac had been taken away

walked back into her house, dripping from head to

house sent a chill down her

sister Lyndsy's birthday today? So where had everyone gone? The house had

house in confusion,

when she was about to go and look in the backyard, she heard someone wailing from inside the

of the voice, she walked towards the room that she shared with her grandfather.As soon as she

you know that you're supposed to stay by

her face,

bed in a hurry to ask him for

made it to his bed, she found him lying

dare you go swimming? It's all your fault.Your grandfather is dead!  I kept you in the Sampson family so that you won't have to suffer hardships with your mother.But who would have thought that you would kill your grandfather? If

at her, he continued to punch

was covered in bruises, and her

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

at night and freezing by the time Patricia

family had already dispersed, leaving her lying there alone by

not even noticing her still- damp skin

was her brother who had said that he would protect her? The six-year-old

Zac for

that Zac was just like her— he was an

they both had the same pathetic

"Grandpa..."

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