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

and Eleanor slept straight until the afternoon.

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

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

pushed the door open and went in. When she saw her flushed face on the bed, she

was

hot…

“Eleanor, you have a high

Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No hospital…”

sick, we have

her up, and

some emergency treatment, she

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition

had a cold or fever, oxygen shortage

it, so she asked the

finally began

off from work, and sat

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

hand, touching Eleanor’s pale

drained her youth and left her scarred

a young man with bloody hands stretching towards

filled with pain as he tried to speak, but Eleanor

“What did you say?”

talking, staring intently.