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

longer.Keep your

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

to the surface of

the pool float, Patricia squinted at the boy, who was

could you be dumb enough

boy's face was covered

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

of answering his question, Patricia asked,

any strength to speak, but she wanted to know

led her to the edge of

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

"But I'm a girl..."

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

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

climbed out of the pool, and then helped her

came to her senses, Zac

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

house sent a chill down her

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

padded through the house in confusion,

about to go and look in

voice, she walked towards the room that she shared with her grandfather.As soon

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

on her face, followed

to her grandfather's bed

and made it to his bed, she found

so that you won't have to suffer hardships with your mother.But who would have thought

at her, he continued to punch and kick

covered in bruises, and her whole

lay on the ground, unable to move, but her eyes were fixed on her grandfather, who was lying lifelessly on the bed.

at night and freezing by the

whole family had already dispersed, leaving her lying there alone by

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

her? The six-year-old girl ran through the street

for Zac for a long

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

that they both had

"Grandpa..."

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