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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdur5jUr9fW
A hush settled over the compound, the kind that came not from silence, but from secrecy. The evening felt heavier, thick with the scent of damp earth and unanswered questions.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SYTSKS3mJ
Kim stopped just short of the bougainvillea, the paper still pressed against her palm, edges softened from too many rereads. She shouldn’t be here. Not like this—not alone, not retracing steps that weren’t even hers to follow.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWFjhscvlr
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavNjpunjs4
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgmi1stN5j
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOVX8ggUhN
"To the one who whistles…" she murmured under her breath, watching the vines sway faintly in the wind. She glanced around, half-expecting to see someone watching her.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVFq60xIIw
No one.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bMuDcsoR3
But someone had written it. 192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBiInesiDG
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKnOxM05vA
At prep earlier, Kim had started looking at the girls around her differently—watching how they moved, how they whispered. Her mind had latched onto a possibility. Seline.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyw7EO2syp
Seline Wanjiku. Form 2 Purple. Kim didn’t know her well—only that she was quiet, rarely in trouble, and always writing in her little notebook with a purple pen. She had a careful way of tucking her hair behind her ear when thinking. And once, in the dining hall line, Kim had seen her drop a blue beaded bracelet into her pocket.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PKSEE5brA
Blue.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrqa1uLY6E
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn5fONidPf
A signal.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb7GfxOF2Y
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g60awE4Dn
Kim froze when she saw it.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67ke20CUT2
A blue paper clip, twisted into the shape of a star, nestled gently among the petals. It hadn’t been there yesterday. Someone had come after her.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKKh5sV6Wk
Or before her.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIa8Tz6U7I
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoDEau0lws
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuxLp16Y4X
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV053LXQ1jE
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipozfe70D8
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3vQXOi0KG
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8W8Gme2VM
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZY0njY3X2L
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDx8LPrUUn
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzzAB4G75d
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcXILfLOzZ
She had come looking for answers.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHCaAiLH8p
But now… she had more questions.192Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0I8cDvaEz
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