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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EjYex3QEy
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.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiPwdBmdzC
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.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb8RZeDR8d
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWoXE8uGCk
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdbPkqfhJV
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AIlPwr99h
"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.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV33zBTeWNK
No one.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Po53Fpc8
But someone had written it. 47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbEyY3B6EN
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmeVDvnCla
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.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPGsQn0YOO
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.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe91ch6Htez
Blue.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy8B1lTC7e
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEvD4xTqAh
A signal.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdd2iKhjERA
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNsuwKNGjP
Kim froze when she saw it.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9knjPBVhaz
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.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxrsO1DRoC
Or before her.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7751dC6wt7
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1TBCjZZoo
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW9JdTW5OO
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTgJHCg203
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEcGNmOO8o
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7QtYvwDSv
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwScVhzUKw
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bC1W4L8e1
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNANBHfcyd
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMno7gPAvpc
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYbcg226FH
She had come looking for answers.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiug5X7ldAZ
But now… she had more questions.47Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbauHMklSJ
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