Elise nodded and smiled back, but inside she was dying of curiosity, hoping these people would leave quickly.
Watching the three disappear around the hallway corner, her expression changed. She restrained her clichéd smile, quickly dashed over for a look down the hallway, confirmed they had exited the back door, and hurriedly turned towards the door where they had been hiding, peeking outside.
Her gaze swept over the crowd in front of the restaurant, instantly ignored them, and then expanded her focus outward.
"Huh?"
Soon, with the keen eyesight and judgment of a front desk attendant, she locked onto two women standing under the big tree at the street corner.
Beside them were two baby strollers identical to the ones pushed by those three women this morning!
"Interesting, caught sneaking out to eat behind friends' backs?"
A strong sense of gossip glinted in her eyes.
