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

she declared, "Fighting is easy. If anyone dares to

past, she always felt inadequate. 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

Stella asked, "Rosie, what did you get

got some tools, textbooks, a dress,

wearing on

fish? Cody and

as you think

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 bleed every

"I have

are hooked. They want to go

I'm staying home for a few days. You go have

gleefully at the idea of a

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

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

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

looked like he had just come out of a coal

was blunt, "It looks

covered her mouth, looking at

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

way, Cooper is the most handsome dog in the

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

at Stella,

head, "I'm not lying, my dog is the

into her

to 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, but

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

"Keep it."

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