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

and Eleanor slept straight until

from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t woken up.

and called her twice. With no response, she realized something

and went in. When she saw her flushed face on the bed, she immediately

was

hot…

up and said, “Eleanor, you have a

in when hearing the word

very sick, we have to

wouldn’t let Eleanor refuse, picked her

some emergency treatment, she was on an o

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition

cold or fever, oxygen

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

finally began to

asked for time off from work, and sat

them were adopted by the orphanage at around one year old. They were

raised her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with a

her youth and left

a young man with bloody hands stretching

as he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t hear him.