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

slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t

door and called her twice. With

door open and went in. When she saw

was

hot…

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

her delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when

very sick, we have

Eleanor refuse, picked her

she

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which Hailey knew

a cold or fever, oxygen

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

midnight, Eleanor’s fever finally

of relief, asked for time off from work,

of them were adopted by the orphanage at around one year old.

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale

drained her youth

seeing a young man with bloody hands stretching towards her.

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