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

morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor

With no response, she realized

went in. When she saw her flushed

was

hot…

have a high fever. Get up,

instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No

we have to

picked her up, and raced

emergency treatment, she was

and breathing machine.

a congenital heart condition which

fever, oxygen shortage would become an issue.

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

Eleanor’s fever finally

time off

one year old. They were each other’s closest people

touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with a heartache.

met two playboys who drained her youth and left her

slept restlessly, seeing a young man

face filled with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t hear him.