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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWhx6ASYkz
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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AzvcddhWA
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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZt9vtteLS
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqDQJv0tiT
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhkfkvk5QG
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL29TuSZia
"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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ctvkdzOFZ
No one.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pSUnPULqZ
But someone had written it. 188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR0O5NsZsm
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPnFUvnOYc
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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sb7ahEXcE
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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3Pij97QP0
Blue.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymNHP6Rx3B
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmh2wsfdBD
A signal.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Gur8ReB3
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UaGjahk8w
Kim froze when she saw it.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPWzrNMIKx
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.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90AEvi3R82
Or before her.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2lsmFHmVX
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcM2VUBpmam
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4G2Uv1899
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZaL8WiKUT
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGKK8Xn7az
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89TGDoDBL8
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOUSxhVJq1
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TC7ddwBk3
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0WhF3xT3u
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpBjcmH5Rw
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYcWlUaKh3
She had come looking for answers.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiQGLeQDFV
But now… she had more questions.188Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB56udD1kZa
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