A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 23

Eleanor dashed home in the rain, stripped off her fancy dress, took off the diamond necklace around her neck, and tossed it in the box.

She’d send all this crap back to Josef tomorrow, his stuff sickened her, and she definitely wouldn’t keep it.

After closing the box, she went into the bathroom, turned on the tub faucet, and climbed in.

She scrubbed her face and back hard, so hard that her skin got red, then looked at herself in the mirror.

With makeup off, all that’s left was sickly paleness, no spirit, and lifeless eyes.

She couldn’t see the light or feel the warmth.

Like a dirty little bug, trampled all over.

Yet, she once had dignity….

“Dignity.”

Eleanor chuckled sarcastically. She had lost her dignity when she sold herself to Bernard.

She dried her hair, lay in bed, and fell asleep exhausted.

The rain had

My her

Eleanor slept straight until

worked all night, slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals,

on Eleanor’s door and called her twice. With no response, she

quickly pushed the door open and went in. When she saw her flushed face on the bed,

was

hot…

said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever. Get up, I’m going to take you to

her delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No hospital…”

sick, we have to

wouldn’t let Eleanor refuse, picked her up, and

treatment, she was on an

and breathing machine.

heart condition which

fever, oxygen shortage

couldn’t take it, so she

midnight, Eleanor’s fever finally began to subside.

breathed a sigh of relief, asked for time off from work, and sat silently by

at around one year old. They were each other’s

Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with a heartache.

two playboys who drained her youth and left her scarred all

a high fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with bloody

he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t