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.

girl, he couldn’t help

head, staring at the handsome man, thought for a moment before replying, “Hey, Eddie.”

get dressed and leave, then the other two male guests

be dropped into the

she thought, “was one of them.”

are you alone?” Eddie

well-liked, but she was still a girl. In this rainforest, survival was much

met, he’d heard some people had already been

“Was your teammate

him, casually replied, “Yeah, he

before suggesting, “If it’s hard for you alone, why don’t you join us?”

to Lucas, “What do you

a soldier, knew adding a woman to the team would slow

told Eileen, “Come over here.”

for a moment before leaping down

supplies? Have you lost your backpack? No

/we push on.”

were ready to move

“You are

reach that high, that clue

the height of the tree, “It’s

wrists and started climbing the

don’t!” Eddie

“It’s too dangerous,

didn’t finish

girl slithered up the tree like

and Eddie were stunned.

jumped down from the tree, a

on the ribbon, then looked up to meet two pairs of

Eileen frowned, “What?”

hide his awe, “You’re

stared at Lucas for a moment before asking, “You guys got anything

which were already

hundred bucks for a bottle of water, deal?”

climbing skills, was stunned by

“I’m just asking if

have the money now, but

ways to get my money back. Wait, they should be here in three

Eddie asked, “They?”

Eddie knew what

with two, and

green ribbon to

bottle of creek water from Burton’s

quickly opened

he handed the bottle to

the water.

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