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, "Don't encourage

as she declared, "Fighting

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 too strong. The

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

some tools, textbooks, a

she was currently wearing

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

you think it's worth it, it's

and anyway,

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

"I have

Cody are hooked. They want to go again tomorrow. Do you want to

a few days. You

at the

continue her project. Finally, she had finished her first thermal suit for Cooper. She called him over, "Cooper, come here." The suit

onesie thermal suit, with a hole for

there should be another hole. Not wanting to put diapers on Cooper,

out of a coal mine with this black

was blunt,

looking at Stella with

at the suit: 'Get this ugly thing off me. It's

comforted him, "No way, Cooper is the most handsome dog in the

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

looked at

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

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

the suit. When she finished the second suit, she used the leftover fabric to make a suit for Smoky and Snowy. It wasn't pretty,

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

"Keep it."

surprised. This was a life-saving tool, and he was just giving it to