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

straight

night, slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t

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

was

hot…

quickly lifted the covers, propped Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever. Get up, I’m going to take you to

in when hearing

sick, we

Eleanor refuse, picked her

some emergency treatment, she

and breathing machine.

a congenital heart condition which Hailey

a cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become an

Eleanor couldn’t take it, so she asked the doctor to use

fever finally

off from work, and sat silently by Eleanor’s bedside.

were adopted by the orphanage at around one year old. They were each other’s closest people after the

her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face

had met two playboys who drained her

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

he tried to