Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 89

Chapter 89

The weather was scorching hot, and water was scarce.

Newbie Lucas and celeb Eddie, were running on empty, having not had a drop of water for over fifteen hours.

“You okay?” Eddie grunted as he pulled out the last crumbly biscuit from his backpack and offered it to Lucas, “take this.”

Leaning heavily against a hefty tree, Lucas tried to keep his balance. He looked at the biscuit, his voice raspy, “No, you keep it.”

Eddie insisted, “No, eat it. It’s been too long since you’ve had anything.”

Lucas didn’t respond.

Eddie felt bad, “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have hurt your leg. How’s your leg now?”

Lucas shook his head, “It’s okay, I’ve been through survival training before, this injury isn’t gonna stop me.”

They fell into a brief silence.

After a while, Eddie split the last biscuit into two and said, “We’ll share.”

This time, Lucas hesitated a moment before accepting his half.

They finished the biscuit.

Eddie felt bitter.

A single biscuit had to feed two people.

The taste of the biscuit didn’t even linger for three seconds before it was gone.

The atmosphere between them grew heavy again.

Suddenly, Lucas looked up, staring at the tree top, “Is there something hanging up there?”

Eddie squinted, “Looks like a green ribbon? Can’t really tell.”

“It’s a ribbon!” Lucas started to gauge how high the ribbon was and eventually shook his head, “I can’t reach, it’s too high.”

The tree was massive, the ribbon was tied at the very top, nearly five stories high.

No ordinary Joe could climb that high without safety gear, and if anything went south, the fall would be disastrous.

Eddie sighed, “If we miss this green ribbon, we’ll lose another clue. The last blue ribbon was tied to a freaking crocodile, that was

nuts…”

“Crocodile? What kind of crocodile? Where’d you see it?”

Suddenly, a voice came from behind, scaring the bejesus out of Lucas and Eddie!

They turned to see a camouflaged, pretty young girl perched on a tree not far away, swinging her legs, watching them.

recognized the girl, he couldn’t

handsome man, thought for a moment

first day of the show, Eileen was the first to get dressed and leave, then the other two male guests came

first to be dropped into the

thought, “was one

are you alone?” Eddie asked.

a girl. In

had met, he’d

asking, “Was your teammate eliminated?”

at him, casually

for you alone, why

to Lucas, “What do

adding a woman to the team would

Eileen, “Come over here.”

moment before leaping down from

noticed her empty hands, asked casually, “You run out of supplies? Have you lost your backpack? No worries, we can

/we push on.”

they were ready to move on.

in pockets, stayed put, “You

bitterly, “We can’t reach that high,

of the tree, “It’s not that

that, she stretched her wrists and started climbing the tree.

Eddie called out.

said, “It’s

didn’t finish his

just a few seconds, he watched as the athletic girl slithered up the tree

and Eddie were

down from the tree, a green ribbon clutched in

then looked up to meet two

Eileen frowned, “What?”

hide his

Lucas for a moment before asking, “You guys got

subconsciously touched his lips, which were already cracked and

bucks for a bottle of water, deal?”

in awe of Eileen’s climbing skills, was stunned by her offer,

if you want it?”

have the money now,

to break your promise, I have ways to get my money

Eddie asked, “They?”

later, Eddie knew what ‘they’ meant.

with two, and empty-handed Egbert,

the green ribbon

from Burton’s backpack and tossed it to

quickly opened

of it, he handed the bottle to Lucas.

the water.

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