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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyCO8myRPW
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.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm9GYWoBLa
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.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhHOuJe1up
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECcaYUiqyb
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPfRDYySXG
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwxY6TMsJn
"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.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQMJY80mzs
No one.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9qBUQHq19
But someone had written it. 206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2LQwU93ND
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEqQzPoAax
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.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqsp4TECl8
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.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VBRSYWBTl
Blue.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbshOQW9Wo
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3yBEGaN0n
A signal.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4xrJDO8Io
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF7VLIPz8z
Kim froze when she saw it.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7zwuPj2U8
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.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIHjO8gmZ2
Or before her.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlzHUMliL1
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw54JAojRl
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5Nq3GNwke
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRbkcqP3XC
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhGUckEJzL
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JHr4yhyPz
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xz3Tfmrem
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPaGETnIPt
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifmPDJnESk
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXnO6jEXuo
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSRK4vUZP9
She had come looking for answers.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQp2HXfFyw
But now… she had more questions.206Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVuJuuUw0Q
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