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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFJXMIn1oY
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.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpwLnTOm4F
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.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySyypweXmK
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5XYYI6mid
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8mO2Aa5Ng
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAxynIuUUJ
"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.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VV0RWxIT5
No one.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡut4sUFu3Sv
But someone had written it. 240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TO4xmJIQx
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UqlbvIlUu
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.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2qhbaYOlo
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.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeEANbTu2Y
Blue.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtasx0Dpwbo
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblMO7jmjb8
A signal.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNMTrYKNyZ
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZnUo9l4Pk
Kim froze when she saw it.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwV05z4YPlu
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.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheSVg9hn5V
Or before her.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1VH7huikv
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHh549rpZS
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1qxXKggCx
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7d683nzM1
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiV7pSGq8E
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N9bddrCqg
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bvQeKrHvW
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlE8sWjMxn
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiAK7S4hId
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9c4EFf030
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeheHhX6ZDT
She had come looking for answers.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvkHe5k2Kp
But now… she had more questions.240Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUdN7T2e4w
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