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

small fists clenched as she declared, "Fighting is easy. If anyone

brother. But after getting into a fight with someone else today, she realized that she wasn't weak. Jasper was just too strong. The boy who tried to steal her

subject, Stella asked, "Rosie, what did you

some tools, textbooks, a

she was currently wearing on her head, made her look

lose out on brother's fish? Cody and Lukas said

as long as you think

and anyway, Jasper wasn't short of

salt, dried vegetables, sanitary pads, and a lighter. Angela passed her a pack of sanitary pads, "Even in the apocalypse, we still have

"I have plenty. You

are hooked. They want to go again tomorrow. Do

home for a few days. You go

at the idea of a

homework, Stella sat on the couch to continue her project. Finally, she had finished her first thermal suit for Cooper. She called him over, "Cooper, come here."

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

to put diapers on Cooper, she cut another

come out of a coal mine with this

was blunt, "It

her mistake and immediately covered her mouth, looking at Stella with innocent

suit: 'Get this ugly

Cooper is the most

"Cooper isn't ugly. He's even more handsome than my brother, and the suit

at Stella, "Woof!"

my dog is the

and nuzzled into her arms: 'If I'm so handsome, make me

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 fabric to make

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

"Keep it."

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