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

afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t

door and called her twice. With no response, she realized something

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

was

hot…

covers, propped Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a high

delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No

we

picked her up, and

some emergency treatment, she was on an o

and breathing machine.

heart condition which Hailey knew about.

a cold or fever, oxygen shortage

take it, so she asked the doctor to use a

finally began

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

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

raised her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with a

who drained her youth

seeing a young man with bloody hands stretching towards her.

with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t