"No madam, all the clothes you are wearing today must be replaced with new ones," said Elena with her head down.
"So you're going to leave me here alone? Is that so?"
"Sorry madam, you don't have to worry, I'll ask Carlos to look after you here," replied Elena.
"No. No need. I can wait for you here," replied Anna.
"You go. I can't calm down thinking about my son if I just sit here," she added again with a rough breath.
"O-Okay madam. Once again I apologize for my incompetence in serving you," said Elena again apologetically and bowed slightly.
"Okay, okay. Now, hurry up."
"Okay madam, then I'll excuse myself," said Elena.
"Um," replied Anna, nodding in agreement.
Watching the woman disappear behind the corridor that led to the room outside, a smile spread across Anna's lips.
She immediately looked for a way how to get out of that place, stepped slowly to check the situation out there, Anna could see Carlos and the others were still in place not moving at all.
Several visitors arrived, Anna stayed in that position for a few minutes.
"Miss, is there anything I can help you with?" A sudden voice startled the woman, Anna's reflex turned and saw a waiter who was looking at her in confusion.
"Ah, sorry may I ask a question?"
"Please, Miss."
"There's a back door in this restaurant, right?" she asked.
"What's the matter, Miss? Why do you ask like that?"
"Come here and come closer," said Anna immediately pulling the man's arm closer to her.
"You see that guy wearing all black over there?" Anna pointed to where Carlos and the others were.
"Yes Miss, what's wrong with them?"
"They kidnapped me. And now I want to run away from them, but I don't know-how," said Anna standing up again and releasing her grip on the man's arm.
The person spoken to frowned, his gaze fixed on Anna from top to bottom as if appraising.
"R-really? B-but Miss..."
"You don't believe what I say? All right," Anna interrupted immediately and lifted her sleeve.
"Look at this, previously, I tried to run away but I got injured like this, they didn't even hesitate to treat me badly," Anna said again while showing the cut on her arm. After all, it was her own doing.
"Madam, your wound is still bleeding," the man replied as if he couldn't believe what he saw. Even though he didn't know that Anna had deliberately pressed the wound to get the blood out.
"You already believe me?"
The man nodded faintly.
"Please help me out of here."
"Where's the back door?" asked Anna again.
Yes, Anna already has a lot of experience working in places like this, usually, every restaurant where she used to work will always have a back door, and employees who work there are only allowed through the back door, so as not to disturb the visitors. Whether it's a waiter, waitress, chef, or others.
"Come with me, Miss," the man said then turned and walked to lead the way.
Hearing that, Anna breathed a sigh of relief. She followed the waiters with glances that occasionally looked back, worried that Carlos or one of the bodyguards would appear or even follow her.
Walking past the women's and men's restrooms, they then walked down a corridor that probably only fit about two to three people. Occasionally they meet some other employees.
"It's here Miss," said the man turning around, one of her hands then unlocked the door.
"Thank you," replied Anna with a nod, for some reason her chest suddenly skipped a beat. Can she escape now?
Anna then rose from her position, opened the door, and stepped out, only she had taken a few steps and immediately went back in and closed the door tightly.
"What's wrong Miss?" asked the man with a furrowed brow.
"There are a few of them outside," Anna stuttered slightly, her expression suddenly turning frightened.
"How about this?"
"Is it the people who kidnapped you are also outside, Madam?"
Reflexively, Anna nodded in agreement.
Seeing Anna's response, "Wait here Miss, let me check it first," said the man then opened the door and walked out of there. And it was true, several people dressed in black were standing guard not far from the back door. Indeed the position of the back door of the restaurant is still connected to the vehicle parking lot.
So if someone wants to leave that place, whether it's through the front door or the back door, then she/he will still go through the same gate.
"Is it Right? They're also on guard around here," Anna asked wanting to make sure when she saw the man re-entering the room.
"That's right, Miss."
Immediately a harsh sigh escaped the woman's lips. "How about this?" she muttered as she massaged her painless forehead. At this rate, her attempts to fool Elena would be in vain.
"I can help you Miss, but..."
"What, what is it? How? Say it quickly," said Anna immediately cutting the man's sentence.
"But will you? I'm afraid you'll feel uncomfortable."
"No problem, what exactly is it? Tell me quickly, I don't have much time," Anna said in one breath.
"Please come with me to the kitchen first, Madam," said the man then turned around, and walked back through the corridor earlier, only he turned right and after that, they had arrived at the kitchen terrace. Everyone seems busy.
"Andre, what are you doing here?" said a man, judging by the suit he was wearing he seemed to be head chef in this restaurant, his eyes glanced at Anna who was following behind him.
At that moment Anna could immediately know that the man who was trying to help her was named Andre.
"May I borrow some chef's clothes, sir?" Andre asked the fat man.
"Huh? For what?"
"I just want to help my friend get out of here, sir," Andre replied.
Seeing the fat man's confused expression, Andre then told him all the things that Anna had said to him earlier.
"Okay. You can take one in the dressing room," said the fat man, his eyes occasionally scanning Anna's whereabouts.
"Thank you, sir."
"Em, come out, I'm busy."
After that, both Andre and Anna immediately left the place.
"Please change your clothes first, Madam," said Andre right after leaving the changing room and handing Anna some clothes.
"B-but, changing my clothes won't hide my face from them, so I guess it's pointless."
"No Miss. The clothes you are wearing are already recognized by them. If you wear this chef suit, you only need to change your appearance a bit. I'm sure they won't pay too much attention to your presence," Andre explained.
"Is it like that? But I doubt it."
"It's up to you Miss. This is all I can do for you. I also can't stay here too long, I have to get back to work soon," said Andre.