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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYu1EGObbya
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHccS3q8JM0
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1vfn5Qqzc
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFx49BTkMS
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRYZoKAe0y
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBmgLM5QMW
"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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos1KoNI6Zv
No one.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZRorI2cg4
But someone had written it. 30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMecq1xSp6
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuct9Nhbqt
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzk3l5ASbS
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZq2XSpoYX
Blue.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEqWjIBGdQ
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwExBNihTxM
A signal.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKZJ8k4W5O
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKqcLlmuG7
Kim froze when she saw it.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0joliC1fRV
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.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvKWM3WcwB
Or before her.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNGoNJrtzx
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk06ju4fuco
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqoABzOtzH
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkz6ULhI0aE
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5ueZdJVDF
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl5GYGNXxj
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eMaZzwlee
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLaH9Gt9ac
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6Nititu1f
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP6B2SYb5v
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtl1fdxCVf
She had come looking for answers.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGrOkm7f51
But now… she had more questions.30Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq3liDljB7
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