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 afternoon.

afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t

Eleanor’s door and called her twice. With no response, she realized something was

saw her flushed face on the

was

hot…

a high fever. Get up, I’m going to take you

kicked in when hearing

sick, we

picked her up, and raced to the

she was on an o

and breathing machine.

a congenital heart condition which Hailey knew

had a cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become an

so she asked the

midnight, Eleanor’s fever finally began

relief, asked for time off from work,

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

Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with

had met two playboys who drained her youth and left

a young

tried

him, “What did you say?”

boy stopped talking,