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

all night, slept from morning to afternoon.

her twice. With no response,

the door open and went in. When she saw

was

hot…

lifted the covers, propped Eleanor up and 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

sick, we have to go!”

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

she was on an

and breathing machine.

heart condition

had a cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become an

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

Eleanor’s fever finally

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

year old. They were each other’s closest

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed

her youth and left her scarred all

slept restlessly, seeing a young

pain as he tried