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

little longer.Keep your mouth shut and

boy's voice was domineering but pleasant, which made Patricia obediently close her

while, the boy reached her side, pulled her to the surface

squinted at the boy, who was protectively

dumb enough to fall for that?" he

was covered with

smile at the corners of his lips, which made

answering his question,

barely any strength to speak,

boy led her to the edge of

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

"But I'm a girl..."

how lightheaded she felt, Patricia didn't

no matter what happens, as long as you

of the pool, and

came to her senses,

back into her house, dripping from head

in the house sent a chill down her

little sister Lyndsy's birthday today? So where had everyone gone? The house had been lively with plenty of people just a while

in confusion, leaving wet footprints in

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

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

long.Don't you know that you're supposed to stay by your grandpa's

on her face, followed by

by pain, Patricia ran to her grandfather's bed in a

when she slipped through the crowd and made it to

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 you can't even take care of him, what are you good for? You are

shouted at her, he continued to punch

bruises, and her whole body was convulsing from

who was lying lifelessly on the bed.  Was he really dead? It was only upon thinking of the word

by

leaving

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

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

for Zac

from her classmates that Zac was just like her— he

turned out that they both had the

"Grandpa..."

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