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

Eleanor slept straight until the

to afternoon. After making

and called her twice. With no

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

was

hot…

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

in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘.

sick, we have to

picked her up, and

treatment, she

and breathing machine.

heart condition

a cold or fever,

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

finally began

of relief, asked for time off from

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

raised her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face

who drained her youth and left her scarred all over.

a high fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with bloody hands stretching towards her.

face filled with pain as he tried to