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

slept straight

night, slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals,

With no response, she realized something was wrong.

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

was

hot…

propped Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever.

in when hearing the

very sick, we have to go!”

picked her up, and raced to the

treatment, she was

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which Hailey

she had a cold or fever, oxygen

so she asked the doctor to use

Eleanor’s fever finally began

sigh of relief, asked for time off from

them were adopted by the orphanage at around one year old. They were each other’s closest people after the head of the

raised her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face

two playboys who drained her youth and left her

high fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with

with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor

“What did you say?”

talking,