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

worked all night, slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor

her twice. With no response, she realized something was

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

was

hot…

Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever. Get

delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No hospital…”

sick, we have to go!”

refuse, picked her up, and

emergency treatment, she was on an o

and breathing machine.

heart condition

fever, oxygen shortage would become

take it, so she asked the doctor to use a

fever finally began to

of relief, asked for time off

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

Eleanor’s pale face

who drained her youth and left

Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man

tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t hear