It was too bright during the day, making it inconvenient to act, so Charlotte Shaw decided to make her move at night.
She climbed down from the ventilation window and moved the chair back to the dining table exactly as it was. Then, with the stolen pen, she colored over all the papers that had been filled with messages for help, turning them completely black.
Then, she hid them inside her sweater.
At eleven o'clock at night, the entire villa fell silent.
Willow Quincy had left after dinner and still hadn't returned. The only people left in the villa were twenty bodyguards and Aunt Bell, who was in charge of the cooking.
Charlotte Shaw, having calculated the time, quietly lifted her blanket and climbed out of bed.
She didn't put on any shoes, simply carrying the chair barefoot back into the shower room.
Bracing herself against the wall, she stepped onto the chair. Her head peeked furtively through the ventilation window.
