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.

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

a little longer.Keep your

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

reached her side, pulled her to the surface of

at

be dumb enough to fall for that?"

boy's face was covered with

smile at the corners of his lips, which

of answering his question, Patricia asked, "What's

strength to speak, but she wanted to

her to the

you, you have to be my little brother and listen to me in

"But I'm a girl..."

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

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

the pool, and then helped her get

senses, Zac

Patricia walked back into her house, dripping from

the sudden silence in the house sent a chill down her

So where had everyone gone? The house had

through the house in confusion, leaving wet footprints

look in the backyard,

the voice, she walked towards the room that she shared with

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

Patricia a slap on her face, followed

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

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

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

Sullivan shouted at her, he

bruises, and her

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

freezing by the time Patricia finally came

whole family had already dispersed, leaving her

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

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

Zac for

her classmates that Zac was just like

turned out that they both

"Grandpa..."

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