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.

but

remembered how Ophelia had sweet-talked her into signing onto the

signed the contract, telling her the penalty for breaching the contract was half a million bucks.

Eileen went silent.

played. Ophelia couldn’t

later, the director started hurrying

no choice but to put away her phone

and asked, “You sure you’re

but could only nod and say, “I’m fine…”

the walkie-talkie and called out, “All departments, get ready, the lights and music

back in the

director backstage was watching the slender figure on the monitor with satisfaction,

just a

manipulated the infrared

calm collected back and long strides to

Eileen’s front appeared on the screen, the set fell into

things. He rubbed his eyes and asked in disbelief, “Am I seeing things?

director was silent for a moment before saying slowly, “Yes, she’s walking…with her eyes

her steps

raced from one end of Wicked Woods to the other like a bat out of hell!

we need to do another take? She needs to

thought about the injured crew member still backstage who hadn’t yet

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

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

director was

finished

was drenched in sweat, as

couch across the room, still haunted by those

nightmarishly

dressing room was dead silent, the fluorescent light overhead blazing.

to feel

to stop thinking

pulled out her phone, planning

WhatsApp, she saw 99+ unread messages in