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

slept straight until

slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals,

With

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

was

hot…

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

when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No

we have to go!”

refuse, picked her up, and raced to the hospital.

some emergency treatment, she was on an o

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which Hailey knew

fever,

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

Eleanor’s fever finally began to

a sigh of relief, asked for time off from work,

old. They were each other’s closest people after the head of the orphanage.

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face

had met two playboys who drained her

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

with pain as he tried to