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

straight

worked all night, slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still

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

she saw her flushed face

was

hot…

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

in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No hospital…”

sick, we have to

Eleanor refuse, picked her up,

treatment, she was on an

and breathing machine.

congenital heart condition which Hailey knew about.

a cold or fever, oxygen

worried Eleanor couldn’t take it, so she asked the doctor to use

fever finally began

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

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

touching Eleanor’s pale face and

playboys who drained her youth and left

fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with bloody hands stretching towards her.

filled with pain as he tried

him, “What did you

boy stopped talking, staring