Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 387

Right now, Una was at a loss for words to express how she felt.

She clutched that little note in her hand, reading it over and over again.

After several re-reads, she heard a crack!

In her mind, it was the sound of her composure shattering.

“Ahem,” came a voice from behind.

Una’s heart skipped a beat. It was one of the examiners.

If they found out about the note, she’d be disqualified on the spot! And to top it off, the note didn’t even have the answers she needed. Total bust.

Thinking quickly, without a second thought, she stuffed the note in her mouth and swallowed it!

Eileen, who was sitting behind her, was stunned.

“Wow, you must be starving,” she whispered.

Twenty minutes later, the exam was over.

Una felt like a ghost, drained of all energy, as she drifted outside the exam hall.

Eileen caught up with her, hands in her pockets. “Let’s head to the cafeteria.”

Una turned to give her a withering glare.

Eileen smacked her lips and nudged Una with her shoulder. “Alright, alright, I’ll treat you to something. But it’s gotta be under five bucks, you poor thing, you’re starving!”

Una just rolled her eyes.

When they reached the cafeteria, they spotted Nana and Olivia already seated.

Nana waved them over. “Over here!”

The four of them gathered around the table. The finance and engineering departments had exams today too.

“How did it go?” Nana asked Eileen.

Eileen shrugged. “Meh, it was alright.”

Nana’s eyes widened, and she rushed to comfort her. “Don’t worry, the written test is just a part of the whole assessment. Not doing well doesn’t mean you’ll be cut.”

Una’s eyes lit up. “Really?”

Nana glanced at her. “Didn’t go well for you either?”

Una asked innocently, “Leaving a quarter of the paper blank, is that doing well?”

Nana was speechless.

At this point, Una stopped being mad at Eileen. She figured Eileen probably just finished quickly but might have done it haphazardly.

She even gave Eileen the chicken drumstick from her plate, speaking in a tone of shared misery, “You should eat more, look at you, all skin and bones.”

Eileen was about to say something but instead took a big bite of the drumstick, making sure Una couldn’t take it back.

Nana then turned to Olivia. “And you? The finance stuff wasn’t too tough, was it?”

Olivia smiled. “I did okay.”

Nana nodded confidently. “I think I’m solid this time, a top-three finish shouldn’t be a problem!”

By the afternoon, the results were out, posted on the bulletin board by the main entrance.

The four from dorm room 309 went to check them out.

After seeing the results, Una, Nana, and Olivia all turned to look at Eileen with a complex mix of emotions.

Nearby, a student exclaimed, “Whoa! Eileen scored a perfect score!”

“Top of the department! I thought she was all brawn and no brains, but turns out she’s pretty sharp!”

“Shh, keep it down, she’s right behind you.”

Eileen, however, wasn’t bothered by the chatter. She just looked at her ranking and score, a bit puzzled. “Is that all?”

Una, Nana, Olivia: “…”

Una lunged forward to grab Eileen by the shoulders, shaking her. “Give me back my drumstick!”

Nana, with a deadpan expression, asked, “Didn’t you say it was ‘alright’?”

Eileen replied innocently, “I meant the questions were just ‘alright’.”

Nana: “…”

Una was ready to strangle Eileen!

Eileen easily restrained her and then surveyed the board. “You’re in fiftieth place.”

“What?” Una was shocked.

She quickly turned to look at the rankings and saw her name at fiftieth out of the two hundred students in the defense department.

“Oh my God!” Una was dumbfounded. “I left half my paper blank and still ranked fiftieth? Is this what the defense department is like? Is this the world of student-athletes?”

As soon as Una said this, several burly students from the defense department turned to give her the stink eye.

Una then inquired, “What about you two?”

Nana was silent.

The warm-up was followed by endurance training. There were sandbags to haul, crawling exercises, and climbing drills.

Commander Dirk watched as Eileen finished first again, and it really got under his skin. He threw a challenge her way, "Your teammate's stuck in the obstacle course net. Go help her out!"

Eileen didn't have any complaints. She sprinted back to her teammate and helped her through the net.

Throughout the afternoon, Commander Dirk kept finding reasons to talk to Eileen.

"Eileen, go move those mats."

"Eileen, demonstrate a hundred pull-ups, start now."

"Eileen, you're dropping first in 30 seconds."

"Eileen, your group is short a person, you go again."

"Eileen, a hundred sit-ups, get going."

By the time afternoon rolled into evening, Una was completely wiped out.

Back in the dorm, Eileen was sketching out the dorm layout while chatting with the others. "Honestly, Commander Dirk isn't that bad," she said.

Una, barely able to move, rolled her eyes as she tried to focus on Eileen.

Nana asked, "What makes you say that?"

Eileen replied, "He doesn't hold grudges or target me specifically. Plus, the training's been pretty straightforward. I think he's got a good personality. I used to suspect he was playing good cop, bad cop, but now I realize I was just overthinking it."

Una could only manage a sigh.

Nana nodded, "I wouldn't have guessed. Maybe that's just how teachers are—selfless."

Una, exasperated, said to Eileen, "Do you realize your training load today was double ours?"

Eileen blinked in surprise. "What?"

Una was incredulous, "Did you know that the training for the second defense class is less than half of what we do?"

"Seriously?" Eileen exclaimed, taken aback. "I had no idea!"

Una was at her wit's end, "You’re like Commander Dirk's perfect student. He could sell you a lemon, and you'd thank him for the lemonade… Ow."

Overcome with frustration, Una's aches flared up again before she could finish her sentence.

Seeing Una in pain, Eileen offered, "How about I give you an acupuncture massage? My needles weren’t confiscated. Let me find them."

Five minutes later, Eileen approached Una with a handful of silver needles, each one wedged between her fingers like a hedgehog bristling with spikes.

Una nearly fainted at the sight. She shouted, "Stay away! Don't come any closer! Nana, hold her back! She looks scarier than a whole squad of mercenaries!"