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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjheDivRlMt
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aIl2STfkf
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ656xJzilxz
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx7HrGt6av
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpsOeeggVr
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSECNPd68q
"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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNt6U0BHNz
No one.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj24vUnKt5
But someone had written it. 216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD64mO5nBMU
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9hdxoCJfP
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXBgjYtChl
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL1PSegzFa
Blue.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJuIPB0dLO
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tn4y5QR6v
A signal.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWhL9dMUbu
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvNVw0WD4Q
Kim froze when she saw it.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CZxxVVTQJ
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.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVUsCZ9Hi6
Or before her.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZn9VibnGhx
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AJ5hege1e
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCUl3xvFzb
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZZhBypxPB
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PcXmmRPp8
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGy5IDf2c3
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRKpqClZ6p
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxXFW9a4kg
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLjKMXDrO6
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppQpqYroNk
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGvd3Nxlab
She had come looking for answers.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWJNkmYuNG
But now… she had more questions.216Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudIQVALhcX
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