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.

again but still,

remembered how Ophelia had sweet-talked her into

Ophelia mocking her when they signed the contract, telling her the penalty

Eileen went silent.

Ophelia couldn’t get through

the director started

to put away her phone and walk over, saying

glanced at her and asked, “You

verge of tears but could only nod and say,

out, “All departments, get ready, the

was back in the bone-chilling Satan’s

the slender figure on the monitor

just a bit too fast.”

the cameraman swiftly manipulated the infrared jib camera, changing the

gradually shifted from Eileen’s calm collected back

front appeared on the screen, the set

eyes and asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things? Is she

for a moment before saying slowly, “Yes, she’s walking…with

her steps hurried, her body rigid, her face

Wicked Woods to the other

unhappy. “Do we need to do another take? She needs to open

the injured crew member still backstage who

director, “Yeah, let’s do another take, you tell her.”

said seriously, “A reshoot is going to cost us.

director was

finally finished the shoot!

she was drenched in sweat, as if she had just been

tissue and sat down on the couch across the room, still haunted by

nightmarishly

dead silent, the fluorescent light overhead

feel nervous

told herself to stop thinking

pulled out her phone, planning to send Ophelia a complaining

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