In the right direction
Marianna was able to follow the homeless people’s directions, but that was about all the information they could provide. Marianna had hoped inwardly that he might have returned to the eatery in the interim, but they were pointing entirely in the opposite direction. He appeared to be trying to get as far away from her cafe as possible.
No trace of Tom
For the next few hours, he moved in the direction the homeless man was pointing. She had questioned every single homeless person she came across about whether she had seen Tom, but only two initially remembered. It seemed as though he had disappeared after that.