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

little longer.Keep your mouth shut and don't drink

made Patricia obediently close her mouth in

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

squinted at the boy, who was protectively holding her

could you be dumb enough to fall for that?"

was

at the corners of

his question, Patricia asked,

strength to speak, but she

her to the edge of the swimming

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

"But I'm a girl..."

how lightheaded she felt, Patricia didn't forget to point out

will protect you no matter

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

her senses, Zac had been taken

her strength, Patricia walked back into her house, dripping from head to

the house sent

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

padded through the house in confusion, leaving wet footprints

look in the

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

long.Don't you know that you're

gave Patricia a slap on her face, followed

her grandfather's bed in a

when she slipped through the crowd and made it to

suffer hardships with your mother.But who would have thought that you would kill your grandfather? If

at her, he continued to

was covered in bruises, and her

fixed on her grandfather, who was lying lifelessly on the bed.  Was

late at night and freezing by the time

whole family had already dispersed, leaving her lying there

got up from the floor and ran out, not even noticing her still- damp skin or the pain

Where was her brother who had said that he would protect her? The six-year-old girl ran through the street frantically looking for Zac, but

Zac for

from her classmates that Zac was just like her— he was an outcast

turned out that they both

"Grandpa..."

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