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

straight until

to afternoon. After making meals, Eleanor still hadn’t

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

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

was

hot…

said, “Eleanor, you have a high fever. Get

delirium, Eleanor’s instinct kicked in when

sick, we have to

picked her up, and raced to

emergency treatment, she was on an o

and breathing machine.

condition which

or fever, oxygen

so she asked the doctor

finally

relief, asked for time off from work, and sat silently

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

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

playboys who drained her youth and left her scarred

Eleanor slept restlessly, seeing a young man with bloody hands stretching

he tried to

him, “What did

talking, staring