A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

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

and Eleanor slept straight until the

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

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

in. When she saw

was

hot…

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

when hearing the

very sick, we

her up, and raced

emergency treatment, she was

and breathing machine.

a congenital heart condition which Hailey

cold or fever, oxygen shortage would

she asked the

Eleanor’s fever finally began to

off from work, and sat silently by

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

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and

drained her youth and left

slept restlessly, seeing a young

face filled with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor

“What did

talking, staring