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.

ear,

up, her small fists clenched as she declared, "Fighting is

after getting into a fight with someone else today, she realized that she wasn't weak. Jasper was just too strong. The

the subject, Stella asked, "Rosie, what did you get

tools,

was currently wearing on her head, made her look even

fish? Cody and

as long as you think it's worth

and anyway, Jasper wasn't

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

refused, "I have plenty. You keep

want

a few days. You go have fun." No need to

the

couch to continue her project. Finally, she

suit, with a hole for Cooper's tail.

Not wanting to put diapers

he had just come out of a coal

blunt,

realized her mistake and immediately covered her mouth, looking at Stella with innocent eye. 'I

the suit: 'Get this ugly thing

Cooper is

isn't ugly. He's even more handsome than my brother, and

at

"I'm not lying, my dog is the most handsome

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

his thick fur meant he didn't feel the change in temperature now, so he didn't react to the suit. When she finished

handed him

"Keep it."

life-saving tool, and he was just giving