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“It is time to do the plan,” Gerthel whispered as she rose from her bed, got her sling bag inside her dressing cabinet, and slowly opened the door of her room. She looked around and her face glowed with delight when she noticed that the guard nearby has been nowhere to be seen. “Good job, Melda,” she thought as she quickly made her strides going to the end part of the floor where the fire escape was located. She climbed down from the fire escape and jumped onto the ground as she reached the last stair on the fire escape. Sneaking through the dark, she walked lightly going to...