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

Eleanor slept straight until the

slept from morning to afternoon.

called her twice. With no response,

pushed the door open and went in. When she saw her flushed face on

was

hot…

Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a

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

sick, we

picked her

emergency treatment, she was on an

and breathing machine.

heart condition which Hailey knew about.

cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become an

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

midnight, Eleanor’s fever finally began to subside.

of relief, asked for time off from work, and sat silently by

year old. They

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and

who drained her youth and left her scarred all

seeing a

he tried

“What

stopped talking,