Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 418

But she wasn’t Father Benedict’s disciple!

She and Father Benedict hadn’t even known each other in their past lives—they’d only met in this one!

And now, suddenly, he was calling himself her cousin!

Ha! As if she didn’t have enough brothers already—an eldest, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth… Now, apparently, she had another cousin in the mix! At this rate, she might as well put up a sign: “Brothers—three for ten bucks, take your pick!”

Eileen was all sorts of confused at the moment. She racked her brain for a long while, then shook her head. “No, no, no, we can’t just assume he’s my cousin, can we? I mean, just because he says so, I’m supposed to believe him? If he’s so confident, why not do a DNA test! That guy’s a complete weirdo—I don’t buy a single word out of his mouth!”

Egbert leaned back in his chair. “A DNA test?”

Eileen paused, then slouched, suddenly remembering. “Oh. Right. That wouldn’t work anyway. I’m not my dad’s biological daughter—I was actually born to the folks next door.”

Egbert reached over and ruffled her hair.

“But I still don’t believe he’s my cousin!” Eileen insisted. “Anyone who could prove it is dead. Dead men tell no tales—he could say whatever he wants!”

Egbert nodded. “The military’s already started looking into it.”

Eileen shot him a look. “Back when I mentioned HT, you already knew he was connected to my uncle, didn’t you? Why didn’t you say anything then?”

Egbert sighed. “There are regulations in the service.”

“Oh, so you’re the only one in the army? And I’m not?” Eileen huffed. “I’m a soldier too, you know!”

She said it, but deep down she knew—even if they both wore the uniform, there was a world of difference between them.

Egbert was a high-ranking officer. She was just a rookie.

Their status wasn’t even in the same stratosphere as Jane’s.

The thought made Eileen feel a bit down. She muttered, “Guess you’ll always outrank me, huh?”

Egbert smiled, soothingly. “Not at home. At home, you’re the boss.”

Eileen grinned, showing her teeth. “Darn right!”

Since that day Father Benedict had appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be her cousin, he hadn’t shown up again.

Eileen wanted to talk to him, but he was nowhere to be found—so she took to yelling at her phone, hurling insults, hoping to bait him out.

Apparently, though, she hadn’t hit the magic word. Her phone, healthy as ever, didn’t so much as twitch—hardly what you’d expect from a device that spent twenty-four hours a day swimming in malware.

Frustrated, Eileen ended up pestering NightKing.

But NightKing was no fool. She never managed to get through—not once. It was either “no answer,” “out of service area,” or “this number is not in use.”

Clearly, he was determined to cut ties for good.

With no one to turn to, Eileen could only swallow her questions and throw herself into work.

Recently, she’d started getting back to her regular schedule—endless interviews, all about her new identity as an Oscar-winning actress.

To be honest, Eileen hadn’t quite wrapped her head around being an Oscar winner herself.

A talk show host asked, “Ms. Lopez, since winning the award, have you noticed any changes in how people treat you?”

Dressed in a sleek black gown, Eileen sat on the plush sofa, legs crossed, eyebrows raised in thought. “Biggest change? I guess now, when I go for seconds at dinner, no one calls me a pig anymore.”

The host blinked, surprised. “They used to say that?”

“Oh, all the time,” Eileen replied.

The host looked scandalized. “How rude! So what do they say now?”

“Now they ask if I’m a cute little piggy,” Eileen deadpanned.

The host: “?”

Eileen nodded, “Yep. They just add ‘cutie’ to everything now.”

The host was speechless.

Eileen was disgusted.

The host tried again. “Besides that, do they praise you more now?”

Eileen sighed. “Yeah, right. The other day I bent down to pick something up and hit my head on the table. They asked if the table was okay.”

The host burst out laughing. “They must have been joking, surely?”

Eileen shrugged. “They sounded pretty serious to me.”

The host moved on. “So, Ms. Lopez, have you gotten a lot of new scripts lately? When can we expect to see your next project?”

“I have received a few new scripts,” Eileen replied, “but the company has its plans, so nothing’s set yet. The soonest might be ‘Feathers of Fate’ with director Carrol, but it’s a fantasy film with a ton of special effects, so there’s no release date yet.”