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 the afternoon.

morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor

and called her twice. With

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

was

hot…

“Eleanor, you have a

delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when

sick, we have to

picked her up,

treatment, she was

and breathing machine.

condition which Hailey

had a cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become an

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

fever finally began to subside.

of relief, asked for time off from work, and sat

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

her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face

had met two playboys who drained her youth

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

face filled with pain as he tried to speak,