Help with pattern: Skip and work separately?

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I’m making this doll dress:

Here’s the instruction on the Bodice Front:

Bodice Front
Chain 29.
Rows 1-9: crochet 26 dc.
[COLOR=“Red”]To shape neckline skip 6 dc in the middle and continue both sides separately.[/COLOR]
Rows 10-12: 10 dc. Tie off.

I don’t understand the part in red. It sounds like I should finish row 9 regularly, and on row 10, I should DC 10 stitches, turn around to finish row 11 and 12. Then I attach the yarn to the other side of the bodice and repeat. Is that correct?

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yes that exactly what you need to do.