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

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

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

door open and went in. When she saw her flushed face on the bed, she immediately touched Eleanor’s

was

hot…

quickly lifted the covers, propped Eleanor up and said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever. Get up, I’m going to take you to the hospital.”

when hearing

sick, we have

Eleanor refuse, picked her up, and raced to

emergency treatment, she

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition

cold or fever, oxygen shortage would

it, so she

finally

asked for time off from work,

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

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

had met two playboys who drained her youth and

fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with

tried to speak, but Eleanor

approached him, “What did

boy stopped talking,