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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7lShdh6xp
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzmhWdj4Oo
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjfbpSb3Y1
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLJ84zPcGY
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vB7HAsV1E
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0V9HEhreO
"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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErAeWX4F84
No one.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9AOoi9wHP
But someone had written it. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdBJT1PxEo
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrzIOTBewM
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK33E1yVnRY
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNKXOAFQK4
Blue.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2GCVnmnuU
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO7OUX0G1v
A signal.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvg8nKl3qh
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhyN0dCn98
Kim froze when she saw it.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nHLSUAjaH
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQXBv4cbO7
Or before her.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxCcp8SO7s
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNcovN5VLE
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZ6M1ixxXH
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeXmgM34t6
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjGqiKftrz
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsCunZOuUC
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52rOqAefoI
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxTiPHzCfS
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0pFQeAW7b
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qMLHKxTnB
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacpRq2fuHK
She had come looking for answers.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XnfuRegC0
But now… she had more questions.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOj3ST7uoku
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