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 over

41 Jigh

fingers interlaced, faced two stern gazes, then

Vietnam.”

was a story from a

had investigated

ago in April, Nathan led a team that cracked a cross-border drug trafficking

died while trying to

Blake immediately said, “That fits. My sister was

her back to his country at that time…”

back, Nathan found that his wife

massive bleeding. Nathan was devastated

Sarah had betrayed

while Nathan 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 in risky sexual activities during her pregnancy,

due to being born

the time Nathan rushed to the hospital, Sarah had already run away. The baby was in the ICU; the doctors said she might not

day, the baby died at three in the morning. Nathan cried in pain, handling

girl he found to a welfare institution. They told him that younger children were easier to adopt,

home from their work outside, but they didn’t see Sarah who was about to give birth..

in the end, he didn’t. Sarah’s affair and the premature death of her granddaughter were blows that the two elders of the

the baby girl he had sent to the welfare institution. The

out that the child hadn’t been adopted yet. So he

That was the name he had originally chosen for

and even Sarah probably didn’t expect Nathan to replace the child she had given birth to

fought with him.

Blake across from him and calmly said, “Nathan raised her as his own, she was

turned

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