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.

had almost run out of air, a

longer.Keep your mouth

was domineering but pleasant, which made Patricia obediently close her

side, pulled her to the surface of the water, and quickly put

pool float, Patricia squinted at the

you be dumb enough to fall for that?" he

little boy's face was

a slight smile at the corners of his lips, which

his question,

speak, but

shoulder, the boy led her to the edge of the swimming

my little brother and

"But I'm a girl..."

felt, Patricia didn't forget to point

no matter

and then helped her get out

came to her senses, Zac had

walked back into her house,

in the house

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

through the house in confusion, leaving wet

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

towards the room that she shared

all day long.Don't you know that you're supposed to stay

Patricia a slap on her face, followed by punches and

pain, Patricia ran to her grandfather's bed in a hurry to ask him

when she slipped through the crowd and made it to his bed, she

you won't have to suffer hardships with

at her, he continued

covered in bruises, and her whole body was

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

was late at night and freezing by the time Patricia finally came to her

leaving her lying there

even noticing her still- damp skin or the pain from

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

looked for Zac for a

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

out that they both had the same

"Grandpa..."

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