hiding

"Sitting in a yellow leather wing chair, the Missing Link turns to the Countess Foresight in the next chair and says, "So? Who did you kill to get here?"
Everyone pretends not to know what he means.
Each of us trying to be the camera, not the subject.
"Doesn't it seem like we're all hiding out from something?" the Missing Link says. With his long nose, his awning of a single dense eyebrow, his beard, he says, "Why else would people walk through that door with Whittier - a man they don't really know (Palahniuk 288-289)?""

This passage is important to the development of theme and characterization. Like i have said previously, the theme i see is that 'seemingly normal people sometimes hide dark and disturbing secrets.' The Missing Link now reveals to the reader that he thinks they are all there because each person is hiding from something, whether it be a murder, an attack, or some other legal issue. This relates to almost all of the stories being told because they each tell of a significant point in the person's life, and also usually tell why they are hiding. I think now that the 'hostages' realize that they are all hiding from something in the outside world, their stories may intertwine, or something big will happen... like all of them will get busted or something.

i wanna know,
how will they get out in the end if mr. whittier is dead, and took with him to the grave the knowledge of where the key is hidden?
will they ever get out??
how is it possible that no one will find them in this theater?
what's with this ghost business? is there really a ghost, or whats up?
will the stories of the characters ever intertwine with each other? (a la 'Crash')