Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen by Lopez family's

Chapter 91

Lucas didn’t really want them to take the risk, but they seemed determined on going.

Finally, Lucas sighed, “I can take you there, but we’re not getting close.”

Eileen responded, “No problem.”

Then she tossed them the green ribbon.

Eddie and Lucas saw the writing on the ribbon: ‘The First Crossroad…

The dots indicated that the sentence wasn’t finished; it was just a half-spoken phrase.

“The hell does ‘The First Crossroad’ mean?” Eddie asked.

Eileen just shrugged, “Beats me.”

Lucas pondered a bit and handed back the ribbon, “Croc Cove Creek isn’t far from here. If we hit the road now, we should get there in about two hours.”

Eileen stood up, “Then let’s hit the road.”

The six of them set off back.

By dusk, they reached the place known as Croc Cove Creek.

Eileen stared at the half-visible crocodile eyes peeking out from the riverbed.

Looking around, she asked Lucas and Eddie, “Do you guys see the blue ribbon?”

Eddie replied, “The crocs move around. We’ve seen a blue ribbon here before, but who knows where it’s swum off to now?”

“So how are we supposed to find it, it’s too hard.”

“Over there,” Egbert suddenly said.

Eileen instantly turned to him, “Where?”

Egbert, with a slight frown and an expressionless face, said, “The ribbon fell off, it’s in the river.”

Eileen turned and sure enough, there was a big croc, laying on a blue ribbon in the muddy riverbed.

The ribbon didn’t just fall off, it was pinned by a croc.

Back at camp, the show director shook his head at Major Warner, “Sly fox, I don’t believe you didn’t foresee this. What made you think to tie the ribbon to a croc’s head? Now it’s fallen off, with all these crocs in the river, I bet you never planned to give them the clue on the ribbon, huh?”

Major Warner just shook his head with a smile, “If it’s Egbert, he can get it.”

The director was surprised, then rubbed his chin, “Really?”

a piece

he going to do

his

director was surprised,

“But without Egbert, Burton could do it too. As long as Egbert tells him how; with Burton’s strength and reflexes, although it’s a

Burton a bit too

Warner/said, “It’s risky, but with Egbert there, he should…”

voice trailed

he followed Major Warner’s

just as stunned.

Eileen was using a rope from their supply pack, one end tied to a tree, the other

above the water like a swallow. Below, three or four crocs were already lunging, trying

head with her boots, and the force was so strong that

the croc

weight off it, the blue ribbon floated up a bit.

a pivot, flicked up the ribbon with her other boot, and flung it to

ribbon landed on the ground and Eileen was quick to retract her feet, avoiding the snapping jaws of

she landed safely on

was smooth as silk.

it all took less than a

of the crocs’ movements, everything

had planned this in

time had passed since she spotted the

five

plan ready to go, and executed

turned to Major Warner in disbelief, whose face

Egbert tried, he would have

Warner was quiet, his eyes fixed on the screen, on

he said slowly,

tried, he would have done it the same

about pulling it off,

in shock, rubbing his face, he suddenly remembered what Major Warner had said last time after

director swallowed hard, “You said before that Eileen’s smart, but a bit clumsy. Because she used the time-consuming slingshot method, she used rocks to knock down the red ribbon from a distance. Although the method worked, it wasn’t the most efficient. You also said that if she knew how to throw knives, she could have just thrown a folding knife and accurately cut off the ribbon, instead of

“I did

just didn’t want to

looked at the director,

popped up.

you guys see that?]

[Yes.]

[I saw it.]

[Oh my god.]

[AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!]

[Eileen, marry me!!!!!]