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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcVFcg3Qc0
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbiFwrBP54
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPuOu39cOn
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgXWcn8y40
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiMxEvdU6y
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOeSGfFFFI
"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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftJPLPCFjM
No one.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqYhlF11x6
But someone had written it. 24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nCwAiEcY2
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaVe5Sejjd
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv7SbxkjWI
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEtO6y00a6
Blue.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7ZrZKlSwh
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJPhuYA67y
A signal.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvxUfymaxy
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcanaHtRh5O
Kim froze when she saw it.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgebYsqpmm
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBfI6tY6N7
Or before her.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Qu24Be4d6
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaJi50F39p
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrU1RC7KCN
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8bR3SiFIN
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡup1bVftUHl
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf2mekb7Fe
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmcBjJSPcc
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30g8xtMgSK
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRvDiz9jrz
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnl0YHwPOi
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAoXiGH12w
She had come looking for answers.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOxjW42zg8
But now… she had more questions.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUScwcs1vQO
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