Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Egbert rang back, sensing something off about the camp vibe.

“What’s up?” he asked..

Eileen shot him a glance, but didn’t answer. Burton and Elaine seemed to want to say something, but seeing Eileen’s sour face, they swallowed their words and kept their heads down, packing their bags.

Ten minutes later, they started moving. Eileen was still leading the pack. They walked all morning.

By noon, they found a creek to rest by.

Eileen’s anger towards Egbert from the morning had dissipated by lunchtime. While Elaine and Burton were busy preparing lunch, she walked over to Egbert with a blade of grass in hand and sat down next to him, “Hey.”

Egbert glanced at her.

Eileen jerked her chin towards Elaine and Burton, “You knew them before, didn’t you?”

Egbert nodded without hiding it, “In terms of family relations, I’m their elder.”

Eileen scratched her face, “Why do they call me auntie then?”

Egbert was taken aback, then looked at her. Eileen raised an eyebrow, “Didn’t you hear? Elaine has accidentally called me auntie a few times.”

Egbert furrowed his brows, kept quiet for a moment, then said, “They might have made a mistake.”

Eileen examined Egbert carefully.

At that moment, Elaine finished preparing lunch and called out, “Mr. Reed, Au… Eileen, come eat.”

Eileen said to Egbert, “See, they did it again.”

Egbert didn’t respond. He stood up, extending a hand to help Eileen up. Eileen glared at him, refusing his help, and stood up on her own, walking towards Elaine.

fruits and a

hardly fill his stomach. After eating, he fetched a pot of creek water to stave off -his hunger.

hungry. But she learned to cope. Back in the Lopez family, she often came home late from school to find no food, she got used to the

Elaine handed

took the water bottle and

Elaine, she was still curious, “Is it a custom where you come from? To call me auntie?”

She was nervous all day because she couldn’t answer Eileen’s question that morning. She didn’t expect Eileen to come up with this explanation after pondering on it all

how

frowned, “How strange.”

awkwardly responded, “It’s just a custom.”

thought that since she had

under a tree, and Burton, fetching

back and said,

Burton immediately ran over and asked

his head

brother, “Don’t you dare speak ill of

shut up, then turned his head to look at Mr. Reed, who was still resting with his eyes closed.

do you know what

and shook her head, “Mr. Reed’s reaction is

after ten minutes with a bag in her hand. Elaine and Burton were shocked to see what was in the bag, “How…how can

them into the pot, then took the pot to the creek. She cleaned the bugs,

they had been using the pan these past few days, Eileen had always kept the oil to herself and never used it, this was

Eileen picked up a bug herself and tasted it. Feeling that it was a

she handed it to Burton and

their

my duty to take care of you youngsters. These bugs are rich in

were full of resistance.

Eileen instantly became upset. With a grumpy face, she took the pan to Egbert, trying

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