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The next evening, Kim walked back to the bougainvillea alone.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hCxyk0yPc
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHhXLztY4l
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaFNzx9Arh
But she was here. And now, standing at the edge of the forbidden space, she realized something:182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUykj0TGWrq
If S had been reckless enough to write the letter, whoever it was meant for might have been reckless enough to answer.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xS3foJlyY
The vines trembled slightly, touched by the evening wind. But was it just the wind?182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E3CdK4232
"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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2tx77CMRt
No one.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q3Q7hJBSA
But someone had written it. 182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYQnqWrAe1
Someone brave. Or stupid. Or both.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZCy3gWkEs
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREjGWh3ASH
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABoJMmdtph
Blue.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomtG1TKCts
Blue like the color mentioned in the letter.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2xHqrszf9
A signal.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcIdBJkLEJ
Tonight, the bougainvillea held something new.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlaRoDxl5B
Kim froze when she saw it.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxl3Ar1WKP
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.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08f9gPXpyM
Or before her.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oPGXZEHag
She didn’t touch it. Just stared.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd0TDTqYJF
The wall didn’t hum or whisper like in the stories. But it felt alive now—like it was listening.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fiwrNBFPK
Behind her, a voice spoke, soft and unexpected.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfhgHfhZZ8
“You’re not supposed to be here, you know.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg6M8AJCfs
Kim turned sharply. It was Seline, standing a few meters away, arms crossed over her chest, not angry—more curious than anything.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXq49zlpcL
Their eyes locked. For a moment, neither of them said a word.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDsaAYXJ4k
Then Seline glanced past her, toward the wall, and smiled faintly.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGTBUaPAAx
“Careful,” she added, her voice lower now. “The wall listens more than it talks.”182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRLNiJzeNP
And just like that, she turned and walked away, shoes squelching lightly in the wet grass.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcEzGcJ8IH
Kim stared after her, heart thudding.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT58yJtC1AF
She had come looking for answers.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfXqVVTsCG
But now… she had more questions.182Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6U0DpjoOr
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