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 a round

your mouth shut and

was domineering but pleasant, which made Patricia obediently close her mouth in an

reached her side, pulled her to the surface of the water, and

pool float, Patricia squinted at the boy, who was protectively holding her

be dumb enough to fall for

little boy's face was covered with water

a slight smile at the corners of his lips, which

question, Patricia asked,

speak, but she wanted to know

shoulder, the boy led her to the

Zac Reynolds.Since I saved you, you have to be my little brother

"But I'm a girl..."

she felt, Patricia didn't forget to point

little sister.I will protect you no matter what

the pool, and then helped her get

finally came to her senses,

back into her house, dripping from head to

sudden silence in the house

So where had everyone gone?

in confusion, leaving wet footprints

about to go and look in

towards the room that she shared with her

play all day long.Don't you know that you're

slap on her face,

ran to her grandfather's bed in a hurry to

through the crowd and made it to his bed, she found him lying there

Sampson family so that you won't have to suffer hardships with your mother.But who would have thought that

at her, he continued to punch

Patricia was covered in bruises, and her whole body was convulsing from

lay on the ground, unable to move, but her eyes were fixed on her grandfather, who was lying lifelessly on the bed.  Was he really dead? It was only upon thinking of the word

was late at night and freezing by

family had already dispersed, leaving her lying there alone by

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

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

looked for Zac for a long

classmates that Zac was just like her— he

both

"Grandpa..."

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