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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KRTBR4px9
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhg0L43KqEA
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3OpbxKQ3c
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonTcMqRBIj
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurzZPeIpZZ
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GG7ArQauV
"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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZ8hj3lTpf
No one.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCp16JgttT
But someone had written it. 244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhESCj3BVgN
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbITFfb1Bk
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOXOYuGczT
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD9BJ77vNa
Blue.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHVZAUtSle
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HMkDsyvCW
A signal.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KogFpEhj2
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm06W8q8TF
Kim froze when she saw it.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM0actImCi
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.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRiPX7jGuz
Or before her.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8p8uieIhO
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs93takvn2N
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWD26jRmBi
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LQMUyewOx
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPC07UiR68
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8CqaQklW2
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0VCGPDnYY
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ0vpAeSjK
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq6LluTlgi
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUzVfpedUA
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbxA76mU6U
She had come looking for answers.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQic2I0HZzG
But now… she had more questions.244Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ovwr50jTP
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