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.

the girl, he couldn’t

staring at the handsome man, thought for a

first to get dressed and leave, then the other two male guests came out.

be dropped

“was

are you alone?”

In this rainforest, survival was much

other teams they had met,

tried asking, “Was

casually

for you alone, why don’t you join

Lucas, “What do you

knew adding a woman to the team

“Come over

leaping down

Have you lost

/we push on.”

that, they were ready to

hands in pockets, stayed put, “You are not

chuckled bitterly, “We can’t reach that high, that

at the height of the tree, “It’s

wrists and started

don’t!” Eddie

said, “It’s

didn’t finish his sentence!

seconds, he watched as the athletic girl slithered up the tree like a snake, already reaching the first branch and skillfully continuing her climb.

Eddie were

jumped down from the tree, a green ribbon clutched

words on the ribbon, then

Eileen frowned, “What?”

of excitement, couldn’t hide his awe,

Lucas for a moment

touched his lips, which were already cracked

hundred bucks for a bottle of

Eileen’s climbing skills, was stunned

“I’m just asking if you want it?”

the money now, but I promise I’ll pay

curved into crescents, “If you tried to break your promise, I have ways to

Eddie asked, “They?”

knew what

with two, and empty-handed

the green ribbon

a bottle of creek water from Burton’s backpack and tossed it

opened the cap, gulping

it, he handed

the water.

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