Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 200

Haunted Chronicles was a mega interactive live reality show produced by VisionStream, with a focus on scientific truth-seeking.

Most shows involving ghosts and spirits were usually pretty bloody and violent and got scrutinized pretty hardcore by the TV regulatory body.

But Haunted Chronicles was a different breed. Sure, it spun tales of ghostly figures, but what it’s really digging at were deeper social issues.

The main tone of the show was science and education, so the content of the program was also uplifting. VisionStream was all in on Haunted Chronicles, throwing a truckload of cash at it.

That’s why the big cheese director had the guts to invest in setting up Satan’s Lair.

Today wasn’t the premiere of the show, just the six guests shooting the trailer.

The trailer was a no-brainer, just each guest taking a stroll through Wicked Woods.

But they never saw it coming. During the shoot with the first guest, all hell broke loose.

The backstage crew had to scramble.

It was a team effort, but they managed to get a hold on Eileen!

They pulled off a daring rescue of a crew member who was on death’s door.

The guy was nearly scared to death, and the rest of the crew got a good fright too.

The director glared at Eileen, barking, “Are you out of your mind? Look at what you’ve done to him!”

The spooky sound effects and lights of Satan’s Lair were switched off, and the lights in the workspace were turned on.

Things were bright and the people around Eileen were just regular crew in regular clothes.

It was then that Eileen finally let out a sigh of relief.

The director stared at Eileen and snapped, “Can you even continue shooting?”

Eileen, trembling, managed to say, “I need to make a call.”

The director scowled and said impatiently, “Make it quick!”

Eileen pulled out her phone and called Ophelia from a corner, but there was no answer.

tried again but still, no answer.

had sweet-talked her

the contract, telling her the penalty for breaching the contract was

Eileen went silent.

had been played. Ophelia couldn’t get through on the

director started hurrying

her phone and walk over, saying resignedly, “I’m ready.”

and asked, “You sure you’re okay this time?”

tears but could only nod and

“All departments, get

minutes later, Eileen was back in the bone-chilling Satan’s Lair.

slender figure on the monitor with

bad, just a bit too

swiftly manipulated the

from Eileen’s calm collected back

the screen, the

seeing things. He rubbed his eyes and asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things? Is she walking with her eyes closed?”

for a moment before saying

walked with her eyes closed, her steps hurried, her body rigid, her face

of Wicked Woods to the other like a

do another take? She needs to open

the injured crew member still backstage who

let’s do another take, you tell her.”

After a while, she said seriously, “A reshoot is going to cost us. I think this is fine. We can

director was speechless.

finished

in sweat, as if she had

couch

nightmarishly

room was dead silent, the fluorescent light overhead

started to feel nervous

told herself to stop thinking about it!

pulled out her phone, planning to

she saw 99+ unread messages