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

straight until the

slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor

on Eleanor’s door and called her twice. With no response, she realized

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

was

hot…

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

kicked in when hearing the

very sick, we have to

Eleanor refuse, picked her up,

some emergency treatment, she was on an

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which

fever, oxygen shortage would become

was worried Eleanor couldn’t take it, so she

finally began

for time off from work, and sat silently by Eleanor’s bedside.

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

pale face and

playboys who drained her youth and left her

seeing a young

he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t