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

little longer.Keep your mouth

domineering but pleasant, which made

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

Patricia squinted at the boy, who was protectively holding

you be dumb enough to

little boy's face was covered with water

corners of his lips, which

of answering his question, Patricia asked,

to speak, but she wanted to know his

Patricia's shoulder, the boy led her

he swam, he said, "My name is Zac Reynolds.Since I saved you, you have to be my little brother and listen to

"But I'm a girl..."

didn't forget to point

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

of the pool, and then

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

strength, Patricia walked back into her house, dripping from

the sudden silence in the house sent a chill down her

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

through the house in confusion,

in the backyard,

shared with her grandfather.As soon as she

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

gave Patricia a slap on her face, followed by punches

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 found

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

Sullivan shouted at her, he continued to punch and kick

and

but her eyes were fixed on her grandfather, who was lying lifelessly on the bed.  Was he really dead? It was only upon thinking of the word

late at night and freezing by the time Patricia

leaving her lying there alone by

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

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

for Zac for a

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

that they both had the

"Grandpa..."

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