At the thought, Katrina quickly picks up the clothes and goes into a cubicle.
Two minutes later, Katrina steps out of the compartment in different clothes. She is dressed in pale blue cleaner"s overalls, with a long coat and a pair of long trousers wrapped tightly around her body. A large white mask covers most of her face. She looks like a cleaner with a plain cap on her head.
Katrina stands in front of the mirror and takes a deep breath.
Even if her best friend Farrah stands in front of her, she may not recognize her.
She takes a moment to relax her mind. As long as she doesn"t act unusual, she won"t be discovered. She just needs to hold on so she can get out.
Her success or failure will depend on it.
Katrina presses the brim of her cap down and goes out of the bathroom, pus.h.i.+ng the cleaning trolley next to her.
Seeing someone coming out of the washroom, the men sitting on the chair take a subliminal look. Seeing a cleaner exit, they quickly relax again and find nothing unusual.
Katrina pushes the trolley past them and occasionally stops to clean up the dirt on the floor until she"s completely out of their sight. She pushes the cleaning trolley in a corner and sprints into the elevator, heading straight to the first floor.
It"s strange for her to run on the street in a cleaning suit. When Katrina leaves the mall, she walks into a fast-food restaurant to change back into her clothes in the washroom. Then she follows Victoria"s directions to go to the address of the bar she was given beforehand.
Penniless, Katrina, can"t take a taxi.
Fortunately, the bar is not far away from here. If she walks there, it will take her half an hour.
She can only hope that Aaron won"t realize she"s missing and find her so quickly.
With no one behind her, Katrina is in a good mood.
She can"t help feeling elated at the thought of finally leaving this place and returning home. She can finally see her good friends, her colleagues, and her family. She will finally be able to get rid of Aaron, and will never be bothered by him again.
Just thinking about it makes her happy and pleased.
Of course, she is inevitably a bit nervous.
It"s been ten minutes, and Aaron hasn"t called her yet. Does that mean he hasn"t found out about her sneaking away?
Great. She just needs to keep going. She will arrive soon.
Meanwhile, two men have been waiting for a long time outside the bathroom in the mall. But Katrina still does not appear.
Fifteen minutes have pa.s.sed.
Even if Katrina has diarrhea, she should be out by now.
The two men look at each other, getting a strange feeling.
There is only one exit for the bathroom. They have been sitting outside, keeping a careful look at anyone who goes out, but they still don"t see Katrina.
Is she sick? What happened to her in the washroom?
The two men quickly begin to worry about her.
Just then, a middle-aged woman walks out of the washroom.
The two men hurry over to her and ask, "Madam, is there a girl in her early twenties inside?"
A girl?
The middle-aged woman shakes her head. "I didn"t see any girls. There"s no one inside."
Hearing the middle-aged woman"s response, both of the two heelers are in a fl.u.s.ter and quickly ask, "Madam, is it possible that you are mistaken? Could you please have a look again?"
How can it be empty? Katrina never came out after she went in.
The woman tells them firmly, "I saw that there is no one inside."
After the middle-aged woman leaves, one of the men clenches his teeth and says to the other, "Wait outside, I"ll go in and have a look."
With that, he enters the ladies" room.
It is very quiet in the washroom. He searches each compartment, and sure enough, they are all empty, and there is no one inside.
When he comes out of the washroom, the man looks horrified. "This is bad! Miss Miller is missing!"
Aaron told them to follow Katrina in case she sneaks away.
Now that she"s gone, how could they show themselves to him?
"You go that way, and I"ll go this way. Let"s see if Miss Miller went somewhere else."
The two walk around the mall but find no sign of Katrina. They even ask many staff members they pa.s.s by, but they all say that they haven"t seen her.
Unspeakable panic fills the two heelers.
To avoid further loss, they have to nervously dial Aaron"s phone. "Mr. Wilson, we… Miss Miller is missing."
Currently, Aaron is having an important meeting at his company.
He picks up the phone, and his expression freezes at the sudden news. He grits his teeth and growls lowly, "Explain to me what you mean by missing."
On the verge of tears, the heeler says, "Just now, Miss Miller said she was going to the washroom. We waited outside for a long time, and she didn"t come out. After taking a look inside, we found that she was not inside."
Aaron hangs up with a serious face and gets up from his chair. "The meeting is over!"
With that, he walks out without looking back.
Meanwhile, Katrina is only halfway to the bar.
The closer Katrina gets to the bar, the more uneasy she feels in her heart. Her heart beats quickly. For some reason, she has a constant feeling of panic, like a hunch that something bad is going to happen.
Perhaps she is too nervous.
Suddenly, the phone in her pocket accidentally falls to the ground.
Katrina quickly picks it up. Even though it"s useless to keep it when she returns home, it"s too early to throw it away.
After all, it"s not certain that she will be able to escape.
Wait.
It"s been twenty minutes, and Aaron hasn"t called her. It seems a bit odd.
Aaron"s men must have found out that she is gone by now. The first thing they have to do, besides look for her everywhere, is to report to Aaron immediately.
With Aaron"s character, he will call her at the first instant, and anxiously ask for her whereabouts.
There are only two reasons why he hasn"t called her.
One, he doesn"t care about her leaving. It doesn"t matter if she runs away or not.
Two, her whereabouts are completely under his control, and he knows he can find her wherever she goes.
Only the second option could be possible.
Does he know exactly where she is now?