Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

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.

the girl, he couldn’t help but

staring at the handsome man,

the show, Eileen was the first to get dressed and leave, then

be dropped into the

guy,” she thought, “was

alone?” Eddie

In this rainforest, survival was much harder

other teams they had met, he’d heard some people

tried asking, “Was your teammate eliminated?”

glanced at him, casually replied,

“If it’s hard for you alone, why don’t

“What

adding a woman to the team would slow them

“Come

moment before leaping

her empty hands, asked casually, “You run out of supplies? Have you

/we push on.”

they were ready to move on.

hands in pockets, stayed put, “You are not

reach that high, that clue is a lost cause.”

glanced at the height of the tree, “It’s not

her wrists and started climbing the

don’t!” Eddie called

also said, “It’s too dangerous, you…”

finish

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

and Eddie were

Eileen jumped down from the tree, a green ribbon clutched in her teeth.

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

Eileen frowned, “What?”

of excitement, couldn’t hide

for a moment before asking, “You guys

subconsciously touched his lips, which were already cracked and

Eddie, “One hundred bucks for a bottle

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

if

yes, I don’t have the money now, but I promise I’ll pay you

into crescents, “If you tried to break your promise, I have ways to get my money back. Wait, they should be here in

Eddie asked, “They?”

later, Eddie knew what

a backpack, Burton with two,

casually handed the green ribbon to Egbert.

took a bottle of creek water from Burton’s backpack and

it and quickly opened the

half of it, he handed the bottle to Lucas.

the water.