Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 99

Major Warner had had it with Eileen.

He walked briskly, but Eileen trailed behind him like a shadow.

Major Warner turned around and said, “I’ve already made the call for you, and I have also asked the financial department of the TV station. They said your prize money will be sent after the advertisers clear this round of business expenses. You stalking me won’t speed things up.”

Hands in her pockets, Eileen stubbornly retorted, “They told me you’re the big cheese. If not you, who should I badger?”

Major Warner was irate, “You nagging me won’t do squat. I’m not the one with the cash.”

Eileen didn’t reply, just kept tailing him. Finally Major Warner led Eileen to the show director, attempting to pass the buck, “He’s the director. Bug him.”

Eileen’s gaze immediately switched to the director.

The director, already aware of the situation, hurriedly defended, “What power does a director have? The one with the most power is certainly the person in charge. They’re the ones who coordinate with all parties and allocate resources.”

Eileen’s gaze switched back to Major Warner.

In the end, Major Warner had no other choice but to make another call back home to inquire about the quickest possible time for the prize money to be disbursed.

After some calculations, the finance department conservatively estimated, “At the soonest, three months.”

Major Warner relayed the news to Eileen, who was taken aback, “Three months at the earliest?”

Major Warner replied, “There’s a process to prize money disbursement. Have you ever seen it handed out lickety-split?”

Eileen was utterly frustrated.

some relief

two unfamiliar men she had previously

the towel, grumbling. “They said the prize money won’t come in for three months. Just

a

the show hadn’t wrapped up. Many teams were still in

It was the show’s staff, asking if those who had finished early would like to wait for the other teams or

far away and asked, “What did

checking

for

sticking around?”

arrived at Eileen’s tent.

a staff member had been calling for a while, “Ms. Lopez, Ms. Lopez,

frowned, “She’s not up

staff member replied, “Doesn’t seem like she’s out of

was a light sleeper and wouldn’t sleep through all this commotion. His face turned serious instantly, and he yanked the curtain open, only to find the tent

Eileen was gone.

short minutes, the entire campsite became aware that Eileen, the first-place winner

Egbert’s face darkened.

rushed out anxiously to search. The director was alerted too, asking irritably, “Who was the last one to see

her way to wash up this

the

his head, “Then

of panic, “Where on earth did she go?”

good care of her before