Moonlight Flower

Chapter 10 - Don't Die. Live.

During this season in the city, the mall streets were crowded with people going to bazaars of food, clothes, mini museums, events, and almost everything. Claire wanted to taste different foods from different countries so she went to the food bazaar hallway. She would get every free food samples from different shops and wrote down something on her mini notebook. Maybe the taste, or the ingredients and everything she could take note of.

Clarence tagged along as their first ever carefree bonding. He found her very keen and passionate about her work.

They went inside the mall and saw an ocean conservation event. There was a speaker and the audience were around 30 people from children to adult.
Clarence noticed Lance as one of the audience who was taking notes in every session.

He called to Claire that he saw him and pointed to where he was. She peeked to see at the direction he was pointing, and she saw Lance from afar.

"Shall we greet him?" Clarence asked.

"Better not," she said. "He looks very absorbed."

He chuckled a little. "So he likes ocean, huh? He really seems like a nice guy."

"Anyway," Claire said, trying to change the topic. "Let's meet up with Misa and Sora."

They met up with them who was having their date from the Christmas Party's game, at the foot of the outdoor Ferris wheel.

As they were lining up to order their food, suddenly there was a commotion of people around them. They were muttering something as they were reading a post or a news from their mobile phones.

"Someone's jumping from the top floor!" said one from the crowd.

Misa immediately took her phone and showed it to them. "It's live! Someone's on the top floor."

They saw the live footage. As it was zooming in, the face of that person on the edge of the top floor can be seen though it was already dark.

Claire's eyes was narrowing as she seemed curious about it. Her eyes widened when she saw that person's face. It was a crying woman who looked like she had lost all hope - devastated.

"Sorry, I have to go! Just leave without me," Claire said all of a sudden and dashed off. "

"Where are you going?" Clarence said but she was already far away.

The mall was six-storey high. Claire immediately went to the elevator but it was blocked by some security personnel. Almost every elevator was. She hurried to the fire exit and ran up to the top floor. When she caught her breath, she walked more to reach another metal door and went outside. There were already mall staffs communicating with the lady who was going to jump.

"Hey, miss, you're not allowed here!" said of the staff to Claire as she entered the scene.

"I know her. Let me talk to her," Claire calmly said.

The staffs let her walked freely until the middle.

"Rosalie," Claire called out firmly from her lungs.

The woman on the edge was shriveling as she turned her head to the one who called her.

"You are..." Rosalie was wide-eyed when she saw her. "Claire?"

Claire smiled in relief. "Yes, it's me, Rosalie. I'm glad you remember me."

"Why have you not changed yet?" she madly asked. "You look the same even from 15 years ago!"

"More importantly, what are you doing? Are you planning to jump off the building?"
"Yes! I want to end my miserable life!" Rosalie cried, turning her back and gripping the metal bars from behind.