Across the way, Damaris, having emptied the canister's contents onto herself, tossed it aside and walked slowly to the railing.
She reached out, grabbed hold, and climbed on top of it.
Then she took something out of her pocket.
The image was too blurry to see clearly.
In the next second, a ball of fire erupted on her body.
So, what Damaris had been holding must have been a lighter.
The flames instantly engulfed her in a fireball, from head to toe.
As the fire consumed her, Damaris did something strange. She didn't struggle. Instead, she spread her arms wide, and like a burning butterfly, she fell from the rooftop.
The last thing on the video was the filmer's piercing scream and the woman's terrified cries.
The video ended.
In a panic, Janina immediately searched online for news of Damaris's self-immolation.
The news had just broken a few minutes earlier.
Janina clicked on one of the articles, which contained a video taken after Damaris jumped.
The sky was now completely dark. Police cars and an ambulance were parked below the building.
Janina zoomed in on the video, seeing a stretcher with a charred corpse covered by a white sheet. Only a few blackened fingers were faintly visible.
Many people in the crowd were craning their necks to get a look at the stretcher, and their chatter could be heard.
"She seemed fine just a few days ago, even made a public statement with her husband. Why would she suddenly decide to kill herself after just a couple of weeks? It's so good to be alive. What a shame."
"I saw the video of her beating up the mistress on the street. Later, when she and her husband came forward to say it was all a misunderstanding, I felt something was off. Damaris isn't the type to back down. There must have been something more to this story."
"What else could it be? Her husband left her for the other woman, and now they even have a child together. She couldn't take the blow, so she chose to protest this way."
Would someone with that much fight in her really commit suicide?
Even if she did choose to end her life, it was unlikely she would do it this way.
But the video from the neighbor showed all the signs of suicide. No one seemed to have forced her. Damaris walked onto the roof herself, poured the liquid on herself, and then lit the fire.
Online discussions were raging. The incident's impact was huge, no less than the news of her publicly beating the mistress.
Because Damaris was at the center of the story, the trending topic was even more intense this time.
The online mob directed their fury at Yvonne, saying she had not only destroyed a family but had also driven Damaris to her death.
However, Elena Quinn quickly issued a statement to refute the rumors.
She claimed the situation between Yvonne and Damaris was a misunderstanding.
She also mentioned that Yvonne had been at home, recovering from childbirth, her words clearly intended to distance Yvonne from the whole affair.

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