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.

out of air, a little boy swam over quickly with a

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

which made Patricia

 After a while, the boy reached her side, pulled her to the surface of the

Patricia squinted at the boy, who was protectively

dumb enough to fall for that?" he

was covered

slight smile at the corners of his

of answering his question,

to speak, but

the boy led her to the edge of the swimming

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..."

she felt, Patricia didn't forget to

little sister.I will protect you no matter what happens, as long as

out of the pool, and then helped her

came to her senses, Zac

back into her house, dripping from head

sudden silence in the house

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

house in confusion, leaving wet footprints in her

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

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

do is play all day long.Don't you know that

Patricia a slap on her face, followed by

ran to her grandfather's bed in a hurry to

through the crowd and made it to his bed, she

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 and

and her whole body

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

late at night and freezing by the time Patricia finally

leaving her

ran out, not even noticing her still-

The six-year-old girl

for Zac for a long

years, she learned from her classmates that Zac was

both had the

"Grandpa..."

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