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 the afternoon.

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

called her twice. With no response, she realized something was wrong.

saw her flushed face on the bed,

was

hot…

you have a high fever. Get up, I’m going

when hearing the

we have

refuse, picked her up, and raced

treatment, she was on

and breathing machine.

condition which Hailey knew

had a cold or fever, oxygen shortage

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

fever finally began to

breathed a sigh of relief, asked for time off from work, and sat silently by Eleanor’s bedside.

them were 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

two playboys who drained her

slept restlessly, seeing a

pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor