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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbq5CKtzj09
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.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTI0yyWvCW
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.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtd5MnGOiup
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAROaPw2qO
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpntwGYlc3Y
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPb5byJoA2T
"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.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrgiFWG2zJ
No one.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UwL9oC6U8
But someone had written it. 22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRls9bexEOn
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkKEHmjqAR
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.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElzg7hnhNM
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.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaQWLgxwrz
Blue.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl7H8UpoYK
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG8d7d995q
A signal.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWozmlRFnj
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzHVwp0NdW
Kim froze when she saw it.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8fw9LLaSq
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.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2p8bmEdHOh
Or before her.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTlhcDcowv
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOPlc66Jm0
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI3PAYMpbw
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAJE63VoWK
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYplD2avuU
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYohqGIUVW5
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EnIDQ7FA5
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaxlCIB1JO
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnZf6hdOwU
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblYMiPzbZm
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFtqN2eQRK
She had come looking for answers.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0fcZ87hq1
But now… she had more questions.22Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8ELAZ6etc
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