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 the

slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor

With no response,

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

was

hot…

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

delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when

sick, we have

her up, and raced to the hospital.

emergency treatment, she was

and breathing machine.

congenital heart condition which Hailey knew about.

she had a cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become

so she asked the doctor to use a breathing

Eleanor’s fever finally began to

relief, asked for time off from

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

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

drained her youth and left her

seeing a young man

tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t hear him.