A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 3

Eleanor, lugging her suitcase, arrived at her bestie Hailey Vulpe’s place.

She raised her hand, gave a gentle knock on the door, and stood nearby, quietly waiting.-

Both she and Hailey were orphans; they grew up together in the orphanage, like sisters.

She remembered when Bernard took her away, Hailey said to her, “If he ever dumps you, remember to come back home.”

It was these words that gave Eleanor the courage to say no to Bernard’s house.

Hailey swiftly opened the door, and upon seeing Eleanor, her mouth immediately curved into a smile.

“Eleanor, what brings you here?”

Eleanor tightened her grip on the suitcase and confessed somewhat timidly, “Hailey, I’ve come to stay at your place.”

Only then did Hailey notice the suitcase in Eleanor’s hand, and her smile froze. “What happened?”

Eleanor put on a brave face and smiled, “I ended things with him.”

Hailey gazed at Eleanor, who was trying her best to maintain her smile.

Her tiny face looked gaunt, with sunken eye sockets and a pale complexion.

Standing in the cold wind, her body was so frail that it looked like a piece of paper.

Seeing Eleanor like this, Hailey suddenly felt a heartache.

and tightly hugged Eleanor, “Don’t be sad, you still have

Eleanor couldn’t help but

gently patting her on the back,

she was just trying

how much Eleanor loved Bernard.

years, Eleanor had been working her butt off

that if she did that, she could change his impression of her.

she was still mercilessly dumped by

that rainy night five years ago…

hadn’t sold herself for Garett Falsey,

have

she would’ve been

a shame that everything can’t start over again…

with her, so after giving her a gentle push away and smiling warmly at her, she joked, “You sure you wanna let me in? You’ve left me out here

that Eleanor was still as strong as ever, Hailey slowly let go

that Eleanor would soon overcome her pain, being the tough girls they were, accustomed to abandonment.

as they lived well, there was

She took Eleanor’s suitcase, pulled her inside, and said, “Don’t say such things again. This

of pajamas and handed them to Eleanor, “Go take a bath first. I’ll make you something delicious. and then you can have a good sleep. Don’t think about

took the pajamas and obediently nodded,

treating her unconditionally well, like a ray of

thing was that she was in the late stages of heart failure, and the Grim Reaper

to leave this world, she

want to make such a and

looked at the busy figure in the kitchen, and slowly walked over, “Hailey, I

nodded in