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

from morning to afternoon. After making

With no response, she

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

was

hot…

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

her delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when hearing the word ‘hospital‘. “No

very sick, we have

refuse, picked her

emergency treatment, she was on an

and breathing machine.

had a congenital heart condition which Hailey knew

a cold or fever, oxygen shortage would become an

take it, so she asked the

Eleanor’s fever finally began to

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

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

touching Eleanor’s pale face and sighed with

her

a high fever, Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man

pain as he tried to speak,

“What did you say?”

talking, staring intently.