Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 153

That day, Eileen never managed to find out the name of Egbert's fiancé.

Shining Star, ever since its debut, has been riding a wave of popularity.

After airing three episodes, the filming of the show was nearing its end.

On one particular Sunday, all the recording work for Shining Star was finished.

After the crew disbanded, Eileen was removing her makeup when Karin unexpectedly walked over.

"Ms. Lopez," Karin said, looking at Eileen a bit reluctantly, "Christmas is the day after tomorrow."

"Yeah, time flies," Eileen responded while removing her makeup. "Luckily, we finished all the recording before Christmas. You guys can go home and spend the holiday with your parents."

Pouting, Karin said, "I'm flying back to the US with my father tonight..."

Eileen, remembering that Karin's family lives abroad, said, "That's good."

Karin looked at Eileen a bit unhappily.

She held onto Eileen's sleeve and asked, "Ms. Lopez, what about you? Will you be going home to spend Christmas with your family?"

Eileen paused, then answered, "Yes."

Karin seemed a bit unhappy.

Eileen continued, "But I can't spend Christmas Eve with them because the cemetery closes at six in the evening."

Karin was stunned and looked at her in disbelief.

Eileen continued to remove her makeup, adding, "My family is in the cemetery, my dad, my grandpa, my grandma, they're all there. But I can only visit them during the day, I can't stay with them for Christmas."

Karin was shocked and her mouth fell open.

After a while, she tried to say something.

"Ms. Lopez!" a crew member suddenly called out. "There's a dinner tonight, are you coming?"

Eileen immediately answered, "Yeah, count me in!"

The crew member then asked, "Are you bringing Janice?"

"I'll take her with me!" Eileen responded.

After the crew member left, Eileen turned around and asked Karin, "What were you saying?"

Karin looked into her eyes, gave a bitter smile, and shook her head.

Eileen didn't pay it any mind.

After dinner that night, they headed back to the hotel. Janice started packing as they were leaving the next day.

Suddenly, Janice's phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID, she handed the phone to Eileen, who was reading a newspaper on the sofa, and said, "Eileen, it's Ophelia."

Eileen set aside the free newspaper she picked up from the hotel lobby, answered the phone, and said, "Hello."

On the other end of the line, Ophelia's angry voice came through, "I gave you money to buy a new phone! Why can't I reach you?!"

Eileen's old phone had finally died for good two days ago.

When Ophelia found out, she checked Eileen's bank account and found only a few dollars left.

So, she gave Janice a thousand bucks and told her to take Eileen to buy a new phone.

But two days had passed, they had accepted the money, but the new phone was yet to be bought!

Casually flipping through the newspaper with one hand, Eileen said, "Things in Harborview City are too expensive, I'll buy it when I go back to Kyoto."

Angrily, Ophelia said, "It's not that expensive, phones from the same brand have the same price at any store!"

Eileen said, "I'm not buying from a store, I plan on buying a second-hand phone. I can't tell the quality of the phones online, so I'll wait until I get back to Kyoto, I'm sure I can find a quality second-hand phone!"

Ophelia was at her wit's end, "You can't do that. Who gave you permission to use a second-hand phone? If people find out, they'll laugh at you! Buy a new phone!"

Seeing Ophelia getting more and more angry, Eileen quickly changed the subject, "Ophelia, did you call just to talk about this?"

Finally remembering the main point, Ophelia quickly said, "Your next job is confirmed, it's a variety show on the National television."

Eileen paused, "National television?"