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

had sweet-talked her into signing

her the penalty for breaching the contract was half

Eileen went silent.

like she had been played. Ophelia couldn’t get

the director started hurrying her.

choice but to put away her phone and walk over,

at her and asked,

verge of tears but

“All departments, get ready, the lights and music are

was back in the bone-chilling

director backstage was watching the slender figure on the monitor with

just a bit too fast.”

manipulated the infrared jib camera, changing the camera angle.

calm collected back and long strides to her front.

front appeared on the screen, the set fell into eerie

asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things? Is she walking with her eyes

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

with her eyes closed, her steps hurried, her body

to the other

frowned, clearly unhappy. “Do we need to do another take? She needs to open her eyes

crew member still backstage who hadn’t yet recovered.

said to the assistant director, “Yeah, let’s do another take,

face suddenly turned sour. After a while, she said seriously, “A reshoot is going to cost us. I think this is fine.

director was speechless.

finished the shoot!

sweat, as if she had just been fished out of the water.

couch across the

nightmarishly

room was dead silent, the fluorescent light

started to feel nervous

herself to stop thinking about it!

she pulled out her phone, planning to send

opened WhatsApp, she saw 99+ unread messages