Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 2

"What the hell happened? I just left for 5 minutes...what's going on? Where did this girl come from? She's got a knife in her hand, and there's blood on the knife, are you hurt?" Gilbert let out a scream, scared out of his wits.

"It’s not mine." The man in the black coat, looking aloof, frowned, glanced at the girl in his arms, then turned his head to look at the next room, the door still wide open.

"She came from there."

Gilbert bolted for the next room to check, only to find it entirely empty, a complete mess, with bloodstains on the floor.

He took another look at the girl's face.

Suddenly, Gilbert remembered her, saying, "Eileen!"

The man looked at him, "What?"

Gilbert waved his hand dismissively, "You wouldn't know this girl, she's a newbie in the entertainment industry, seems to have pissed off some people, she's been having a tough time these past few months, getting a lot of flak online."

As someone in the industry, Gilbert could tell that Eileen had been set up.

Egbert spoke slowly, "Should we call an ambulance?"

"No way! That would attract a crowd!" Gilbert said as he pulled out his phone, "I'm guessing she was drugged, someone tried to assault her. Can't believe this sort of thing is happening near Cinema City, people in the industry are getting more and more out of line. Let's get her into my room first, I'll go find a doctor. Also, I need to get the surveillance footage from the hotel manager, the part where you're carrying her, that needs to be deleted... hey, what are you doing?"

Gilbert looked up to see Egbert already carrying the girl into his own room.

In response to his manager's questioning, Egbert simply said, "Your room is downstairs, too far."

"But you can't just put her in your room!" Gilbert was fuming, "Do you know who you are, and who she is?!"

"You're suggesting we leave her at the door?"

Gilbert was left speechless.

In the end, all he could say was, "Just lock the door then, I'll go check things out nearby. So much happening every day, I've got schedules to keep…"

His complaining voice faded away as the door closed.

Egbert laid the girl on the couch, trying to take the knife from her hand but he finally failed.

"Hmm?"

Her resistance took him by surprise.

She had already passed out, yet she was still gripping the weapon so tightly?

Egbert looked at the girl who, even in unconsciousness, kept a tight frown on her face.

The blood on the knife, still so bright red under the light.

He stood up, deciding not to try and take the knife again.

When Eileen woke up again, she smelled disinfectant.

She realized she was in a hospital, which brought her some comfort.

But as she started to remember, she fell into deep thought.

She remembered, she was dead.

She had ended her own life.

Her mother, Sarah, sold her to an online streaming platform for three million dollars. Platforms like these purchase female artists who have interesting stories and then livestream their sexual lives online. Viewers can tip the performers in the live rooms, and various props are used to add drama. In just one night, these platforms can make a considerable profit.

It was even on her birthday.

Her fiancé Hubery called her to come home, telling her the whole family was ready to celebrate her birthday.

It was the first time her family had all come together to celebrate her birthday, she thought they were finally ready to accept her. She thought she could finally belong.

But when she drank a glass of water laced with a tasteless, colorless drug, she woke up in a cage, unable to resist.

She was covered in wounds, resisting every day. She tried to resist the drugs being frequently injected into her body, until she could barely move…