Carvalhos is a waitress at a diner in Orlando, Florida. When she serves the last guests of the day in the small restaurant, she has a strange feeling. Something seems to be wrong, the child at the table seems strangely quiet, is not allowed to order anything.
Then she learns that the mother forbids the boy to eat. She can see little of his skin because he is wearing a hoodie and mask. But she notices that he has a bruise on his temple, a scratch can be seen between his eyebrows.
The waitress withdraws, ponders. Then she writes on a piece of paper “Are you okay?” and goes back to the table. Unobtrusively, so that only the little boy can see, she holds the note out to him. He shakes his head, but Flavaine Carvalho is now certain that something is wrong. “I knew he was scared,” she says. She takes another sheet. “Do you need help?” This time the boy nods.