As soon as I was alone, I called that vulture, saying that I would meet him at the hotel where he was staying later that afternoon, which made him exultant, with a victorious tone of voice as if his favorite football team had just won the championship worldwide. The next step was to talk to Marina, who I quickly convinced to help me. We would leave the house on the pretext of going shopping, as we did at least once a week. To get rid of the security guards, we would put into practice the plan we had drawn up for our escape from the city. When the time came for us to leave, we would think of something else.
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Unlike me, Marina was able to move freely around the city, without the constant vigilance of the security guards, so she spent the entire morning outside the house, successfully sol
