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 afternoon.

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

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

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

was

hot…

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

delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘.

we have to go!”

her up, and raced to the hospital.

some emergency treatment, she was on an

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which Hailey

had a cold or fever,

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

midnight, Eleanor’s fever finally began to

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

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

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with

her youth and left

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

with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor couldn’t

approached him, “What

boy stopped talking, staring intently.

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