Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 91

Lucas didn’t really want them to take the risk, but they seemed determined on going.

Finally, Lucas sighed, “I can take you there, but we’re not getting close.”

Eileen responded, “No problem.”

Then she tossed them the green ribbon.

Eddie and Lucas saw the writing on the ribbon: ‘The First Crossroad…

The dots indicated that the sentence wasn’t finished; it was just a half-spoken phrase.

“The hell does ‘The First Crossroad’ mean?” Eddie asked.

Eileen just shrugged, “Beats me.”

Lucas pondered a bit and handed back the ribbon, “Croc Cove Creek isn’t far from here. If we hit the road now, we should get there in about two hours.”

Eileen stood up, “Then let’s hit the road.”

The six of them set off back.

By dusk, they reached the place known as Croc Cove Creek.

Eileen stared at the half-visible crocodile eyes peeking out from the riverbed.

Looking around, she asked Lucas and Eddie, “Do you guys see the blue ribbon?”

Eddie replied, “The crocs move around. We’ve seen a blue ribbon here before, but who knows where it’s swum off to now?”

“So how are we supposed to find it, it’s too hard.”

“Over there,” Egbert suddenly said.

Eileen instantly turned to him, “Where?”

Egbert, with a slight frown and an expressionless face, said, “The ribbon fell off, it’s in the river.”

Eileen turned and sure enough, there was a big croc, laying on a blue ribbon in the muddy riverbed.

The ribbon didn’t just fall off, it was pinned by a croc.

Back at camp, the show director shook his head at Major Warner, “Sly fox, I don’t believe you didn’t foresee this. What made you think to tie the ribbon to a croc’s head? Now it’s fallen off, with all these crocs in the river, I bet you never planned to give them the clue on the ribbon, huh?”

Major Warner just shook his head with a smile, “If it’s Egbert, he can get it.”

The director was surprised, then rubbed his chin, “Really?”

said, “It’s a piece of cake

frowned, “Is he going to do

his

director was

tells him how; with Burton’s strength and reflexes, although it’s

questioned, “Isn’t Burton a

“It’s risky, but with Egbert

voice trailed

he followed Major Warner’s gaze

he was just as stunned.

a rope from their supply pack, one end tied to a tree, the other in her hand. She tiptoed,

above the water like a swallow. Below, three or four

head with her boots, and the force was so strong that

croc lying on

it, the blue ribbon floated up a

croc’s head as a pivot, flicked up the ribbon with her other

ground and Eileen was quick to retract her feet, avoiding

rope, she

whole process was

took less than a

anticipation of the crocs’

she had planned this in

had passed since she spotted

five

had this whole plan ready to go, and executed it flawlessly on her first try!

to Major Warner in disbelief, whose face was also

if Egbert tried, he would have done it easily. How would

Warner was quiet, his eyes fixed on the screen, on the smug face of

moment, he said slowly, “Just

would have done it the same way.

confident about pulling it off, how could Eileen do

remembered what Major Warner had said last time after the red

worked, it wasn’t the

blinked, “I did

that she just didn’t want to risk losing the

Warner looked at

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