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.

his ear, "Don't encourage

as she declared, "Fighting is easy. If anyone

She trained hard every day, but was no match for her brother. But after getting into a fight with someone else today, she realized that she wasn't weak. Jasper was just

asked, "Rosie, what did you get

"We got some tools, textbooks, a

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

Stella, did we lose out on brother's fish?

you think it's worth it,

needs, and anyway, Jasper wasn't

sanitary pads, and a lighter. Angela passed her a pack of sanitary pads, "Even in the apocalypse, we still have to bleed every month. It's

refused, "I have

They want to go again tomorrow. Do you want to

a few days. You go

gleefully at the idea of a

teaching Rosie math and language. When Rosie finished her homework, Stella sat on the couch to continue her project. Finally, she had finished her first thermal

so Stella had made a onesie thermal suit, with a hole for Cooper's

there should be another hole. Not wanting to

he had just come out of a coal mine with this black

blunt, "It

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

'Get this ugly thing off me. It's ruining my

Cooper is the most handsome dog in

He's even more handsome than my brother, and the suit Stella

looked at Stella, "Woof!"

his head, "I'm not lying, my dog

with that and nuzzled into her arms:

he didn't react to the suit. When she finished the second suit, she

up Rosie. Stella stopped him and handed him a nail gun, "I almost forgot to return

"Keep it."

This was a life-saving tool, and he was just