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

slept straight until

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

With no response,

saw her flushed

was

hot…

and said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever. Get up, I’m

kicked in when

very sick, we have to go!”

wouldn’t let Eleanor refuse, picked her up, and raced to

emergency treatment, she was

and breathing machine.

congenital heart condition which Hailey knew

fever, oxygen shortage would become an

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

Eleanor’s fever finally

sigh of relief, asked for time off from work,

old. They were each other’s closest people after the head of the orphanage.

touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with

met two playboys who drained her youth and left

high fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with bloody hands stretching towards her.

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

“What did

boy stopped talking,