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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCOBLECrGB
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDno7Pob9D
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPAnycGP5U
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO7EWOP2qz
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISrMy5gqMM
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1tlH1jbxo
"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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolyKaiuCNQ
No one.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8deYTQC2gF
But someone had written it. 200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI0P8TUpG3
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qakMlnvfn
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvQfKeJuBK
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8Fc4viQXM
Blue.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZKeMh8z3m
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmjScVvNb8
A signal.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo3OCtEuYz
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GFaYWf4F8
Kim froze when she saw it.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OgN7Zx4AB
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.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39HLuMI5eV
Or before her.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HptgkLqv3
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3JDrDleu3
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvRoYCzyel
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXUzuUXqVG
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5cdTzDSg5
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVbuBU5Gr4
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPZ7jYrdZB
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIZZHIUKrY
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqB6gKLqZA
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZZrQK7oVu
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpN8gLV2Sh
She had come looking for answers.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdiKcGycE5
But now… she had more questions.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChiBnbyHIq
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