Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 98

Chapter 98

The sudden silence in the tent seemed to freeze the air.

Eileen was curiously eyeing two strange men.

A shocked old man. And a middle-aged man who looked worked up.

Eileen grabbed the tent curtain, turning to Egbert, “You’ve got stuff to do, so I’ll just go ask them myself.”

With that, she was about to leave.

“Hold on.” The middle-aged man suddenly blurted out.

Eileen stopped and looked back at him. “You…”

Just then, Egbert stepped forward, grabbing Blake’s shoulder to stop him from speaking.

Blake looked at Egbert.

Egbert turned his head and said to Eileen, “Go on, I’ll stay.”

Eileen didn’t understand what they were up to, she mumbled an “Okay” and left the tent.

The sound of the girl’s footsteps gradually faded away. Only then did Blake somewhat regain his senses.

He closed his eyes, lightly rubbing his temples.

“Egbert.” Derek sat on an uncomfortable folding chair and said in a deep voice, “I need an explanation.”

Egbert glanced at Derek, then patted Blake on the shoulder, signaling him to sit down.

Egbert also pulled

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his knees, fingers interlaced, faced two stern gazes, then started speaking, “Nathan rescued her from a drug dealer’s

Vietnam.”

a story from a long time

had investigated for a long time

Nathan led a team that cracked a

accidentally injured and died while trying to escape, and she

My sister was kidnapped in March.”

brought her back to his country at

Nathan found that

pregnant. Excessive sex during pregnancy led to injury, premature birth, and massive bleeding. Nathan was devastated when he heard the

Sarah had betrayed him.

was abroad, and while the two elder members of the Howard family were seeking medical treatment in the capital and conducting research at the National Science Institute, she even engaged

but the baby, due to being born

the time Nathan rushed to the hospital, Sarah had already run away. The baby was in the ICU; the

the morning. Nathan cried in pain, handling his daughter’s funeral alone.

They told him that younger children were easier to adopt,

outside, but they didn’t see Sarah

Sarah’s affair and the premature death of her granddaughter

of the baby girl he had sent to the welfare

hadn’t been adopted yet. So he went through the procedures and formally adopted

the name he

two elders of the Howard family didn’t know that the child had been switched, and even Sarah probably didn’t expect Nathan to replace the child she

had fought with him. It took Egbert a lot of effort to find that retired soldier and

this, Egbert looked at Derek and Blake across from him and calmly said, “Nathan raised her as his own, she was pampered in that family, without a care in the world.”

expression turned sour.

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