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.

of air, a little boy swam

little longer.Keep your mouth shut and

made

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

against the pool float, Patricia squinted at the boy,

be dumb enough to fall for that?"

little boy's face was covered with

smile at the corners of his lips, which made him look

his question, Patricia asked, "What's

barely any strength to speak,

shoulder, the boy led her to the edge

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

"But I'm a girl..."

didn't

can be my little sister.I will protect you no matter what happens, as

of the pool, and then helped her

finally came to her senses, Zac had been taken away by

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

the sudden silence in the house sent a chill down her

where had everyone gone? The house had been lively

in confusion,

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

shared with her grandfather.As soon as she entered the

long.Don't you know that

Patricia a slap on her face, followed by punches

grandfather's bed in a

and made it to his bed, she found him lying

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

her, he continued

and her whole

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

and freezing by the time Patricia

family had already dispersed, leaving her lying there alone by

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

her brother who had said that he would protect her? The

looked for Zac for

that Zac was just like her— he was an outcast in his

out that they both had the same

"Grandpa..."

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