18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 108

A shadow rushed over, babbling excitedly, "Max, my Max."

Stella looked up to see a girl in a gray down jacket and a red scarf running towards them. She was dressed warmly, but judging by her movements and demeanor, she was probably about the same age as them. Behind her were a group of men and a few heavily bundled

girls.

Stella's heart pounded. This group was heading towards Cooper.

When she saw the girl rushing to embrace Cooper, Angela forcibly pushed her away, shouting, "What are you doing?"

Caught off guard, the girl was pushed to the ground by Angela. Several men immediately surrounded them, menacingly asking, "Why are you hitting her?"

"Hitting her?" Angela was not afraid, "You lay one finger on our dog, I'm gonna beat you up."

"Enough." The girl clumsily got up and explained to Angela, "This is my dog."

"Your dog?" Cody almost laughed, "There's no name on his forehead. How can you prove it?"

The girl didn't bother arguing with him. Instead, she bent over and beckoned to Cooper, her voice incredibly soft, "Max, it's mommy."

Cooper bared his teeth and retreated towards Stella.

"Max, why don't you recognize mommy?" The girl was heartbroken, her voice choking up, "You were just a little puppy when I brought you home. How could you forget me?"

"Back off." Angela was annoyed, "Our dog is named Cooper, not Max. Stop messing around or we won't be polite."

someone had tried to

He disappeared while I was taking care of him. I even posted a lost dog notice." The girl insisted, "If you don't believe me, watch. He responds

an irresponsible owner. No matter who he

sides claimed Cooper as their own, and

that someone was trying to take Cooper, Rosie rushed over and held

rush to speak. Instead, she quietly observed the

that the

did with Hector, probably out

miss Cooper? If she couldn't take care of him, she could have given him to a friend. Why did she sell him

Cooper's clever escape, he would have ended up as a meal. Huh, now she

miss the greed and urgency in the eyes of the

in front of her kept calling "Max", but how much affection was there in her eyes? If Cooper went with her,

coldly, "If I say you're an

at Stella, "I haven't called you a dog thief yet. You stole my

Cooper showed his

you mad at mommy?" The girl paused, then started crying, "Ever since you went missing, I've been looking for you every day. It's all my fault for not taking good care

felt angry and took out a bat to drive them away, "Can't you see, this is not your dog.

insisted that Cooper was theirs, and they would take him away today no matter

If it

about to break out, a police car stopped in the distance,

group faltered,

men got out of the car, one of whom was Evan, the middle-aged man who had just given a speech. He walked over, saying, "You're all young and full of life. Instead of figuring out how to survive, you're here causing trouble?" Seeing the police, the girl acted as if she had seen her father, "Officer, you've come at just the right time. They stole my dog and won't admit

"What dog?"