Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 81

The little girl watched the man speak, trying hard to understand his words.

Finally, she got it.

Fearfully, she stood up from the chair, quickly hid under the bed, and crouched in the corner.

"Whoa, what just happened?"

"Eileen! Eileen, sweetie, come out!"

Despite the comforting words from outside, the little girl remained under the bed, refusing to come out.

Eventually, they moved the bed.

With nowhere to hide, the little girl cried for the first time in front of everyone. Her body shook, tears streamed down her face, soaking it entirely.

"Eileen, don't cry, Eileen don't cry." The man hurriedly picked her up, wiping her tears. Seeing her trembling, he was more nervous than she was.

The little girl clung tightly to the man's sleeve, her fingers turned pale. After a long silence, she let out a hoarse child's voice, "...no."

"No to what?"

"...no to going..."

The man fell silent.

Then someone behind him said, "She might be waiting for her mom. The police have found her biological mother, who might be coming to pick her up soon."

"She won't come." The man's voice suddenly turned cold.

He seemed angry, but quickly regained his composure and spoke tenderly to the little girl in his arms, "I will take care of you like a dad. Or maybe, Eileen, would you like to see a picture of your new brother? I will show you, he's a cool guy."

The man took out his wallet from his pocket, in which he kept a family photo of three.

In the photo, a stern man stood on the left, a beautiful woman on the right, and a handsome little boy in the middle.

The man pointed to the people in the photo and introduced them to the little girl, "This is your uncle, your aunt, your brother."

The little girl looked at the unfamiliar boy in the picture, her small lips tightly bitten, and tears streamed down her face.

She remembered that her dad also had a picture like this, with her dad, her grandpa, her grandma, and herself in the middle.

"Oh, Eileen, sweetheart, my sweet girl." The man seemed flustered, rushing to comfort her.

The little girl lowered her head, tears streaming down, and she stopped talking.

At this moment, someone picked up a phone call and came over to say, "Sir, Sarah has agreed to take the child back."

"Why did she suddenly agree?"

"Not sure, perhaps the police's persuasion worked. But after all, this child has a mother who is the only guardian. From a legal perspective, if the biological mother does not give up her custody, you might not be able to adopt her."

"I will talk to her mother myself." The man's voice turned cold again.

People behind him seemed troubled, "Can't you ask the child what she wants?"

The man was silent for a while.

After some time, he finally asked softly, "Eileen, do you want to come with me, or do you want to go with your mom?"

The little girl looked down at her hands, and after a moment, she replied softly, "I want to go with my mom."

The man sighed.

Before leaving, the man stuffed a note into the little girl's hand, "This is my phone number. If things are not good with your mom, call me, and I'll come to get you."

The little girl quietly nodded, holding the note tightly.

The next day, the little girl's mother came.

The little girl had only seen her mother in pictures, and the mother in front of her was somewhat different from the one in the picture.

The mother in the picture was smiling.

The mother in front of her was not.

The nurse introduced, "Eileen, this is your mom."

The little girl looked at this strange woman in front of her, remembering what her dad used to say.

"How could your mom not like you? She left because she didn't like your dad, of course, she likes you, you're dad's treasure, and mom's too."

Grandma said, "If your mom were here, she would surely love you very much. You're such a good girl, the best little treasure in the world. You're grandma's favorite granddaughter, right?”

Grandpa said, "Everyone has their own choices. If there was no opportunity to be together in the first place, we wouldn't forcefully keep someone. But Eileen, you shouldn't let others' gossip deny your worth. You're great, you haven't done anything wrong. If your mom were to see you now, she would surely like you as well."

Your mom is not a bad person. She likes you, she didn't abandon you.

Now, your mom is here to pick you up.

The little girl took an uneasy step forward.

She approached the strange woman and said faintly, "Hello..."

After a long time, she bent down and started to pick up the pieces little by little.

There were so many scraps of paper that it seemed like no matter how much she picked up, it would never end...

The scene before her eyes twisted again, becoming terrifying.

Time seemed to be infinitely prolonged.

Many faces flashed before her eyes.

"Eileen, it's your birthday today. I have never spent a proper birthday with you, I've neglected you."

"Sister, have some water."

"Eileen, don't be mad, Hedy was young and didn’t know better, that's why she upset you. Now that she's grown up, she's even gotten you water. Why not take a sip, okay?"

In the end, under the persuasion of a handsome man, the girl picked up the glass of water on the table...

"No, don't drink, don't drink..."

"Bang!"

A loud noise suddenly sounded outside the tent.

Eileen abruptly sat up from inside the tent.

She sat there a bit dazed, and after a while, she remembered where she was.

There was a foul smell of earth on her body.

This was the Amazon rainforest.

Something itched on her face.

Eileen reached up and touched her face, finding traces of tears that hadn't dried yet.

"What the hell? Did I cry?"

She murmured to herself, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't remember what she had dreamed about.

Then, there was another noise from outside.

"Bang! Bang!"

Eileen frowned, she casually wiped her face with her sleeve, crawled out of the tent, and asked impatiently, "What's up now?"