Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 93

For the next three days, Lucas and Eddie had been with Eileen’s crew.

By day four, Eddie was used to this lifestyle.

Whenever it’s time for a meal, he’d be right there with bowl in hand.

At first, Lucas was a bit of a tough nut to crack.

But, before he knew it, he’d given up resisting and was just going with the flow.

On the evening of the fourth day, Lucas did a quick tally of their spending.

He looked at Eddie, who was picking his teeth, with a worried look, “We’ve burned through nearly fifty grand.”

Eddie was taken aback, scratching his head looking at the figures on the ground, “Did we really spend that much? I didn’t notice.”

Lucas was bummed, “We gotta at least make it to third place, or we’re gonna be broke.”

Eddie gave him a pat on the shoulder, “No worries, I’ve got this. Plus, the third-place prize is thirty grand each. That’s sixty grand for the two of us. So, we’ve only spent less than fifty grand. We’ve still got some left.”

Lucas thought Eddie was just too extravagant.

In the last few days, Eileen and her group had gathered a bunch of info, which they had also bought.

The clues on the map were now all laid out.

These clues connect as follows: Head southeast, encounter a circular pond, turn left at the first corner, pass through a grove of banana trees, continue for half an hour, and you’ll reach a snake-shaped cave where the map is located.

But after two days of walking, they still hadn’t come across the circular pond, nor seen any other teams.

Lucas started to think they might have taken a wrong turn.

He took his doubts to Eileen’s group for a chat.

As he walked over, he saw Eileen and Elaine lying side by side in the tent.

Eileen cracked an eyelid at the sound of his approach, glanced outside the tent and asked in a raspy voice, “What’s up?”

Lucas said, “twanted to talk about our route.”

Eileen waved him off, “Talk to Egbert, he’s got this. Not my department.”

So, Lucas had no choice but to go to Egbert.

After a half-hour chat with Egbert, he went back to his tent.

Meanwhile, outside.

A drone suddenly dropped from the sky.

Burton had a chat with the drone, then went to find Eileen, “The two monkeys that were injured are healed. They might be released.”

Eileen heard him from inside the tent and said absent-mindedly, “If they’re gonna be released, then let them.”

Burton said, “We need to go get them.”

Eileen checked the time, wiped her face with a wet wipe, revealing a fresh, clean face, “Why should we?”

The drone, seeing her annoyed expression, quickly hid behind Burton.

“The monkeys have become very scared since they were shot. The animal protection organization is worried they might be traumatized. They want you to help them acclimate to the forest.”

Eileen frowned.

-Egbert came out from another tent at this point.

He heard the drone’s message, walked over to Eileen, and gently patted her back,

Eileen shot Egbert a look, then reluctantly said to the drone, “Fine, but only

Egbert just laughed, “Alright, bring ’em here.”

An hour later, the two monkeys were delivered.

“It’s

no biggie.”

Decause Egbert says so!”

Eddie and Lucas, clueless about what was happening, just saw a chopper drop off a big cage.

Inside the cage were two monkeys, showing their fangs, trembling.

“Are these… Proboscis Monkeys?!”

Lucas immediately pulled Eddie back.

Eddie was confused, “What’s wrong?”

Eileen was just about to open the cage then.

Lucas shouted, “Don’t touch it! These monkeys are vicious, they’ll hurt you!”

Everything went quiet.

Eileen looked up at Lucas.

Eddie was shocked, “What did you say? They hurt people?”

Lucas said seriously, “These monkeys, they’re dangerous to humans. They’ll attack, just like tigers or lions. You get close, they’ll hurt you, then…”

Eddie was terrified, “Why the hell would the crew drop off two dangerous monkeys?!”

Lucas just shook his head, he didn’t know either. But he kept Eddie behind him, watching the big cage warily.

Eileen just shook her head, continuing to open the cage.

“Seriously, don’t! It…”

Eileen took the trembling little monkey out of the cage. Maybe it recognized Eileen’s scent, it stopped showing its fangs and just clung onto her clothes.

Eileen turned around, handed the little monkey to Egbert behind her, joking, “Let your mommy hold you.”

Egbert was about to reach out, but when he heard that, he immediately withdrew his hand, staring at Eileen.

Eileen gave a dry laugh, “Christy said we look like its parents.”

Egbert gave her a stern look.

Eileen had to apologize, “I was just kidding, I’m sorry.”

Egbert didn’t show any expression, then he took the little monkey.

The little monkey clung onto Egbert’s clothes, still trembling.

Egbert held it tight.

Eileen carried the other little monkey out of the cage.

This one was even more scared, when it got on Eileen, it buried its head in her chest, closing its eyes, refusing to show its face.

Eileen stroked its head, sniffed its scent, it didn’t stink, it must have had a bath at the hospital.

She asked, “Did you miss me?”

The little monkey peeked at Eileen with one eye, then clung onto Eileen’s shoulder even tighter.

Eddie looked at Lucas, “Will they really attack people?”

Lucas didn’t know what to say.

Burton then explained to Lucas and Eddie about the monkeys’ background, and how Eileen had previously rescued them.

After hearing that, Lucas was still on guard, and wouldn’t let Eddie go near them.

Eileen sat by the fire, cradling a baby monkey, offering it a piece of fruit.

The little monkey took the fruit, looked at it, then at Eileen, and then handed it back to her.

Elaine was almost melting at the sight, covering her face and exclaiming, “Oh my gosh, it’s too cute!”

Eileen chuckled and softly said, “You eat, I’m not hungry.”

The little monkey didn’t seem to understand and shoved the fruit into Eileen’s mouth.

Eileen played along, taking a bite, then the monkey took back the fruit and continued eating. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Lucas explained from the side, “It’s a fear response. In the animal world, the weaker ones give food to the dominant ones to try and appease them, preventing themselves from getting attacked.”

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Eileen raised an eyebrow at Lucas, “Well, you seem to know a lot about this stuff.”

Lucas replied, “My grandad was a biology teacher.”

Eileen didn’t say anything more.

Suddenly, Eileen felt something was off.

There was a sudden foul smell in the air.

Eileen scrunched up her face, slowly lifted the little monkey from her lap.

And there it was, the monkey had peed on her!

Eileen jumped up immediately.

She grabbed the little monkey by the scruff of its neck, her face ashen, and handed it over to Egbert, coldly and decisively saying, “Forget it, we’re getting à divorce. I’m not its dad anymore, it’s all yours.” Then she went to change her clothes.

Egbert looked at her helplessly.