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.

tugged at his ear, "Don't encourage Rosie to

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

getting into a fight with someone else today, she realized that she

asked, "Rosie, what did

got some tools, textbooks, a

pink bunny-shaped fluffy hairband, which she was currently wearing on her head, made her look

brother's fish? Cody

you think it's worth it, it's

had different needs, and anyway, Jasper wasn't

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

"I have

want to

for a few days.

the

Stella sat on the couch to continue her project. Finally, she had finished her first thermal suit for Cooper.

suit, with a hole for Cooper's tail. There was another hole

Not wanting to put diapers on

had just come out of a coal mine with

was blunt,

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

'Get this

Cooper is the most handsome dog

He's even more handsome than my brother, and

at Stella, "Woof!"

lying, my dog is

with that and nuzzled into her arms: 'If I'm so handsome,

to the suit. When she finished the second suit, she used the leftover fabric to make

handed him a nail gun, "I almost forgot to return this

"Keep it."

was a life-saving tool, and