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

morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still

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

and went in. When she saw her flushed face on the bed, she immediately touched Eleanor’s

was

hot…

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

kicked in when

we have

picked her up, and raced to the

treatment, she was on

and breathing machine.

a congenital heart condition which Hailey knew

fever, oxygen shortage would become an

was worried Eleanor couldn’t take it, so she asked the doctor

midnight, Eleanor’s fever finally began to

of relief, asked for time off from work, and sat silently by Eleanor’s

adopted by the orphanage at around one year old. They

touching Eleanor’s pale face and

met two playboys who drained her youth

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

face filled with pain as he tried to speak, but