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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2HyDMrlbt
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.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlxoofDhRs
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.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEQp7yD6iP
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssYJ3dGdND
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsCIhXeZMV
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Vc1ffCUHG
"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.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZ3sy6MhMu
No one.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OscQeQWkr
But someone had written it. 84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVwCfjQGwm
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbeHP4xz5I
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.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvSdM2sXwT
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.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2saM1jKsi
Blue.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUF2EDxnG4I
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwzgjxjQCb
A signal.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUiAJHbHV4
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRveJLAKcH
Kim froze when she saw it.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVit2NnGpKE
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.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEa95wIKF8
Or before her.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcQT7TVO8s
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlz8OG3bHi
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHYx8mit5V
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uKegmpyO5
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG5i34cwE1
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oMY5ci5xp
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLWtlKvA5W
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbidTIhJt6m
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1I5MQOl8K
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQV0xYvYHL
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylBtrepVWa
She had come looking for answers.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MjaoTTRFf
But now… she had more questions.84Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3ST2znfUW
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