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.

he couldn’t help

at the handsome man, thought for

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

were the first to be dropped into the

guy,” she thought, “was one of them.”

you alone?” Eddie asked.

still a girl. In this rainforest, survival was much harder for girls than

had met, he’d heard some people had already been

“Was your teammate eliminated?”

at him, casually

hesitated before suggesting, “If it’s hard for

“What do you

to the team would slow them down

told Eileen, “Come

leaping down

supplies? Have you lost your backpack? No worries, we can find

/we push on.”

that, they were ready to move on.

hands in pockets, stayed put, “You

bitterly, “We can’t reach that high,

the tree, “It’s not

her wrists and started climbing the

Eddie called out.

“It’s too

didn’t finish

up the tree

Eddie were

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

then looked up

Eileen frowned, “What?”

excitement, couldn’t hide his awe,

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

his lips, which were

to Eddie, “One hundred bucks for a bottle of

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

“I’m just asking if you

yes, yes, I don’t have the money now, but I

your promise, I have ways

Eddie asked, “They?”

later, Eddie knew what

with two, and empty-handed Egbert, slowly approached.

casually handed the green ribbon

a bottle of creek water from Burton’s backpack and

caught it and quickly opened the cap,

he handed

the water.

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