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

worked all night, slept from morning to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t woken

on Eleanor’s door and called her twice. With no response,

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

was

hot…

Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a

kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No

very sick, we have to

refuse, picked her up, and raced to the hospital.

treatment, she

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which

a cold or fever, oxygen shortage

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

finally began to subside.

asked for time off from work, and sat silently by

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

her hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with a heartache.

had met two playboys who drained her youth

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

face filled with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t hear him.

him, “What did you

talking, staring