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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmONvqDiPHc
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.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFC08vLzIK
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.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeR1Td0AKg
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1jkYDvVoh
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgO5XVtaLG
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhtBVYq28f
"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.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqQqCeaDxM
No one.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo0FdVX0He
But someone had written it. 199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd9W7cgS9R
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LWr3Lpu8G
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.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsfAQV2moG
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.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOfGnFD2ui
Blue.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR85rqVZk4v
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApiAGVIKPn
A signal.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLZ1xJCznD
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KjElSgJ8E
Kim froze when she saw it.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNUBXnTR1A
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.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡti9gxkhngk
Or before her.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDBgH1E4PK
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBryRlqTl4
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D8yjy3Zbh
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOihuIn18sX
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMPMaca2B7
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBhzeXpmsR
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrN0J8oIt8
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dvl9MBwqE
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SvUY7SZkr
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxjC4fucKH
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RLidYPwyF
She had come looking for answers.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrJBjMftoW
But now… she had more questions.199Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosLb4A6WlN
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