18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 65

The first time Rosie got into a fight, it left a deep impression on her young mind. She clung to Jasper's neck, "When I grow up, I'll protect you too." "Alright."

"I'll protect Stella too, and Cooper."

"Alright."

Next, they sold fish, with Jasper showing her the ropes.

Stella listened silently. Jasper's teaching methods were rough, but in a world where order had collapsed, maybe Rosie would have been worse off if they'd stuck to the old ways of kindness and gentleness. "Yes, what your brother taught you isn't wrong."

Curious, Stella asked Rosie, "Have you ever been hungry or been beaten up?"

Rosie lowered her head, nervously fiddling with her clothes.

"That's okay. You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

"When Jasper didn't come home, I was so hungry. My cousin bullied me, and my aunt scolded me."

"Do you want to go through that again?"

"No!" Rosie shook her head vehemently, her voice tinged with a sob. "I don't want to."

"Well, remember that feeling. If anyone ever treats you like that again, you fight back. Don't be afraid. They can't beat you."

"But my aunt said the police would take me away."

"As long as you're not the one starting trouble, the police won't take you away." Stella comforted the little girl, "Today, when you fought, the police didn't come to get you, did they?"

Relieved, Rosie said, "I'll listen to Stella and Jasper. No one will bully me anymore."

Cooper growled his agreement from the side.

at his ear, "Don't

she declared, "Fighting is easy. If anyone dares to bully me, I'll

felt inadequate. She trained hard every day, but was no match for her brother. But after getting into a fight with someone else today, she realized

Stella asked, "Rosie, what did

some tools, textbooks,

she was currently wearing on her head, made her

brother's fish?

long as you think

anyway,

lighter. Angela passed her a pack of sanitary pads, "Even in the apocalypse, we still have to

have plenty. You

insist, "Lukas and Cody are hooked. They want to go again

thanks, I'm staying home for a few days. You go have fun."

at the idea of a

her project.

thermal suit, with a hole for Cooper's tail. There was another hole at the rear end, so he could

to put

come out of a coal mine with this

blunt, "It

mouth, looking at Stella with innocent eye. 'I didn't

suit: 'Get this ugly thing

"No way, Cooper is the

ugly. He's even more handsome than

looked at Stella, "Woof!"

not lying, my dog is the most handsome on

and nuzzled into her

the suit, she observed Cooper's reactions. Unfortunately, his thick fur meant he didn't feel the change in temperature now, so he didn't react to the suit. When she finished the second suit, she used the leftover

handed him a nail gun, "I almost forgot to

"Keep it."

life-saving tool, and