Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 192

Rosalind was gobsmacked.

She popped the remaining cupcake onto the plate, and looked at Eileen seriously, "I'm from the Robert family."

The Robert family?

Eileen paused, mulling it over before asking, "Any relatives from the Howard family?"

"The Howard family?" Rosalind frowned, deep in thought.

After a while, she shook her head, "Nope."

Eileen pressed on, "What about the Roach family?"

Again, Rosalind shook her head.

Eileen nodded, not asking further.

Rosalind looked at the confused girl, hesitated, then asked, "Do you feel like..."

Eileen looked at her.

Despite her words trailing off, Eileen understood what she meant.

They both felt a sense of familiarity, a reflection of themselves in each other...

At that moment, Rosalind stared into the girl's eyes, whispered, "What's your last name?"

Eileen didn't hide the truth, "I'm currently part of the Lopez family, but originally from the Howard family. My father's name is Nathan Howard."

Rosalind started to ponder again.

Nathan, a total stranger.

The Robert family didn't have many relatives, so she didn't recognize any Howard family members.

But that only excited her more.

If they weren't relatives, and they looked so similar, there was only one other possibility...

Could it be...

Rosalind examined Eileen's face, studying it over and over again.

Could she be the child from back then?

Could she be...her daughter?

"Sweetie," Rosalind tried to control her pounding heart, swallowed hard, asked with difficulty, "How old are you?"

Eileen paused, "Nineteen."

Rosalind asked again, "When's your birthday?"

Eileen replied, "I'll be twenty next month."

"And you..."

"Mum, why are you here?" Flossie had only gone to say a few words to Chad Lopez, turned around and Rosalind was nowhere to be seen.

Looked up, and there was Rosalind, sneaking off to find Eileen!

Flossie was frantic, so she dashed over, not daring to look at Eileen, grabbed Rosalind's arm, trying to pull her away.

Rosalind obviously didn't want to leave, because she still had many questions for Eileen.

But Flossie didn't loose her grip.

Rosalind started struggling.

They were at a stalemate.

In the end, Rosalind got angry, she struggled harder, looking like she was about to fight Flossie!

Eileen was flabbergasted. She couldn't comprehend this sudden turn of events.

At this point, Sonia saw that things were going south, and rushed over.

There's strength in numbers, the two women, one on each side, managed to forcefully drag Rosalind away.

Eileen was left behind, clueless about what just happened.

She watched Rosalind's retreating figure, then Flossie's.

Wasn't that Ms. Flossie?

Wait, did Ms. Flossie just call that lady...mum?

Eileen scratched her head.

Today's events were just too bizarre.

She kept running into familiar faces. And her own face.

She looked so much like that lady, if one didn't know, they might mistakenly recognize them as mother and daughter.

A whirlwind of thoughts swirled in her mind.

Then, Eileen suddenly paused.

She seemed to have forgotten something important.

Eileen lowered her head in thought.

As she did, she saw the cupcake in her hand.

Flossie and Sonia quickly stopped her.

Rosalind warned them, "Back off!"

The two didn't let go and held on to her tenaciously.

Eventually, Flossie was on the verge of tears and could only plead, "Can you just let me explain what happened first?"

Meanwhile, at the party venue.

Sure, cake was yummy, but you couldn’t keep eating it all the time or you would get sick of it.

After Eileen had sampled over several different types of cupcakes, she shifted her attention to the other food items.

Twenty minutes later, while Eileen was tucking into some pasta, Egbert walked over.

Seeing sauce smeared all over Eileen's mouth, Egbert handed her a napkin to clean her mouth.

Eileen took the napkin, wiped her mouth, then looked straight at Egbert and asked, "Where have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere, I was almost going nuts!"

Egbert glanced at the empty plates next to her.

He stayed silent for a moment, then looked at Eileen again.

He didn't say anything, just quietly watched her.

Eileen quickly pushed the plates aside and defended herself, "I didn't eat all of this, someone else did."

Egbert shot her a look, "Who else would be eating in this entire banquet hall but you?"

Eileen was taken aback at his words and asked, "Really? Am I the only one eating? Am I standing out too much?"

Egbert sighed, looked at her helplessly, but finally comforted her, "You're not standing out."

Upon hearing this, Eileen finally relaxed and continued eating with her plate.

Egbert just waited by her side.

After Eileen finished another plate, Egbert took her hand and said, "There are some people I want you to meet."

Eileen was led away by him with a puzzled look and blinked her eyes asking, "Who?"

Egbert didn't answer.

A few minutes later, Eileen was led to the other side of the banquet hall, where she saw some familiar faces.

Not everyone from the Lopez family was there.

They didn't want to scare Eileen.

So, apart from Derek, Blake, and Chad who spoke to Eileen face to face, Elaine, Karin, Simon, Sawyer, and even Isabel, were all dressed casually and blended in with the crowd.