"Excuse me, can you tell me which floor is room no. 107 in?" (Rose)
"Yes Its in the sixth floor" ( receptionist )
"Thank you "(Rose)
Dane was in disguise, since he is a famous writer, anyone could recognise him quickly, so he was wearing a casual outfit with cap and glases as his disguised.
after that they took the elevator, inside a young teenage man, standing while holding a bouquet of peonies flowers. Dane saw the flower and suddenly remembered they got nothing for the patient.
" Crap ! " (Dane )
Dane said loudly making the man flinch including Rose.
" What is it ? why are you shouting?"(Rose)
"Damn we forgot to bring some get well gifts for him " ( Dane)
" why don't you remind me after the we get to the door" (Rose)
" You-you're acting like the boss here" Dane said while pouting angrily at Rose.
" Don't give me that look" (Rose)
" What now" Both said at the same time.
* Ding *
The door opened, they went out with the Peonies bouquet. Behind them the young man came out with a big smile on his face, looking at his phone.
"woah ! lots of money"( The young man)
They bought the flower from the man with high price.
After that they found the room and went in with the flowers. Inside there was a man sitting on the chair near the window, looking outside. He don't looked young nor too old, The man might be a middle Age man.
with a glance one could easily identify 'the man is the patient in the room' which also means he is the one.
"Mr cooper"(Dane)
So, he's the mysterious author. Dane thought.
The man on the chair, slowly turn around and looked towards where the voice came from, He saw two young people standing at the door.
" Yes come in please " Mr cooper said with a calm welcoming tone.
Dane ane Rose came in, Rose placed the flowers on the table.
" I like peonies, its my favourite flower"(Ben)
" Is it ? then i'm glad i brought this " Said Dane smiling.
" Yeah well, since i came here i began to take notice of her" saying this he stood up from his chair and walk towards the table.
" May i ?" (Ben)
" ohh yeah, sure" Rose took the flower and hand it to Benjamin.
He took the flower and sat down on the cot.
" Thanks for the flowers, please take a sit" (Ben)
Rose pulled the chair closed to the bad then Dane sat down facing the man.
" Its the first time meetimg you here...have i met you before?"(Ben)
" Uh..no we're meeting for the first time" (Dane)
" Is that so ? then may i know what brings you here and...(Ben)
Dane stretched out his hand to Benjamin.
" Nice to finally meet you Author BJ, i'm Dane Lorris " said Dane with a professional smile.
Ben took his hand but with a confused looked on his face.
" I..." Before Ben finished his sentences, Dane added
" I know you are little surprise here cause i came here for Authur BJ, well its a long story, but no worries"(Dane)
"uh.." (Ben)
" i'll make it clear to you, actually, i came because of your last 'Novel' which has ended..." (Dane)
"Wait, wait, wait, give me a moment please....w-what are you talking about ? Author...BJ..?" Asked Benjamin with confused look on his face, which also confused the two people in the room.
" Pardon?" (Dane)
The two of them were stared at each other silently without words for a moment. Then their moment of silence was broken, when Rose spoke.
" Mr Benjamin, he is a writter, you may have heard of him, as he've mention earlier his name is Dane Lorris, he wants to discuss something with you about the novel he mention earliar." (Rose)
Benjamin was really confused this time.
" Are you sure you got the right person?" (Ben
why is he acting like this? or we really got the wrong person with similar name...(Dane)
Then, Benjamin leave out a chuckle which made the other two confused.
" I'm sorry, i was just teasing you a little, hope you won't mind"(Ben)
"So you were just teasing us, i thought we really got a wrong person" Dane said while laughing awkwardly.
" huff, that's a big relieve"(Rose)
If not i don't know what this boss of mine will do to meet him. (Rose)
"So umm.. about that.."
" Yes i know you are a famouse writer, i was really surprised when i saw you at the door, but i did'nt expect you to meet me, well you said you want to discuss about my previous novel?"(Ben)
"Yes Mr cooper, i have lots of questions, if you don't mind.. " (Dane)
" First of all just call me Ben"(Ben)
Ben is an affable person, kind and genial to all.
" Sure ben"(Dane)
" Well... about the thing you were saying before, i don't think i can continue with my novel, no i think i won't write anymore in the future. Ben said calmly, but his voice sounded like he does'nt wanted to.
Hearing these words from Ben, Dane was shock, he does'nt want a great writer like him to give up on their passion, the thing they are really good in.
" I don't really know the reason why you want to end it this way but i'm sure you really love writing and your novels are so good that people really loves them, and i am also a huge fan of yours, as a fan, i don't want you to stop" ( Dane)
Ben was astonised by what he heard just now from the world famous writer. He could'nt believed the famous writer like Dane Lorris to be his fan, and evan came to find him in person.
"Mr....um.. Ben, can you tell me the reason? i know i shouldn't meddle in your decision, but i just.." (Dane)
" I know, i understand, its ok its not a big deal, the last novel which i wrote, was also my favourite, i didn't meant to end it there, but.... i had too" Benjamin voice quavered a little.
"you see i started to even forget some of my close friends"(Ben)
"What do you mean?" (Dane)
" Have you heard of senile dementia?"(Ben)
"But that is.." Before Dane finished, Ben cut his word from the middle.
" i know, it occured in old age people, well... my case is a little diffrent, i have Alzheimer's disease, which is destroying my memory and other important mental functions. I'm in moderate stages right now, i don't know if i'll become better." (Ben)
Dane and Rose were shocked and became sad at the same time. They didn't know what to say at the moment. The knew he was in the hospital for some sickness but never thought it to be this serious.
Then Dane spoke up." Do you want me to complete the story for you? for all of us?" Benjamin eyes went wide opened, when Dane said this.
[ THE CRIMSON MOON ]