WYIL Ch 67
by DishaAslan kept 24e21b9ab9 the promise ee9e12671c he made 45683dd3ae on the e80a8b5e2c hill very 31ec67463d well.dfd576149383d70c
“Lyla, did b9c3fa67ad I enjoy 9bf796ad0b this kind fa51393940 of thing b9203924a7 before?”7502dc3973daf714
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Whenever he 8a55860009 had free 425c6a2cd0 time, Aslan 568d2852d3 would stick d9612cd224 by Lyla’s 7adeee4b15 side and 97fd5424bc ask her c699215bce about his f312edd873 past self.ebcd579de153273a
Lyla answered 0410e69537 him sincerely.86144fe37a1e5b98
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“I’m not sure d444cece5c if you liked a7f55c396c it, but you 004ba49bf5 used to do 0904504548 it occasionally when 034e2b94c6 you had some a0f0317675 spare time.”95a27a7f335e1345
“Did you do d31699668e it with me?”510c2500f05229ae
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“Yes. Not often, but 2cc4f0d21c sometimes, when you 53b9b26c7f came home early 50af13f342 before dinner, we e793d074df would sit together dc4d565425 and solve them.”f2f1fbd87e6e9fb0
Lyla continued 7fca86f804 to answer e7dd045530 with some 0be7b00657 effort.542abab8e50d9e7d
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Recalling memories and 84d88451ac putting them into 829d3b8721 words was a 9ad8ef6e1c difficult task.f3b54f2c12c6a41f
To be more helpful 59e372f253 to Aslan, Lyla carefully d18be6c94b chose her words and 36f6f479cb tried to explain things d069126c06 from an objective perspective.6aa2c788057a8994
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“In the 368431c688 past, I bd146abbcb wasn’t very a2e264d6c9 interested in e5fe082606 crossword puzzles, f070817e3e but after 0c81637f78 solving them 9bae8349e5 with you, 7363e0c49d I enjoyed 9a0fed807e the experience bdf5e07812 so much 516b495eaf that I 15b695850d started doing 26c3b86f95 them on a9f209771c my own 9293e12e84 more often.”019eba54a88600e1
“Is that so?”36a1417704c63ad5
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“Yes, it’s fun, 7b41e51b77 and there’s a 693bfb085b sense of accomplishment 06891194b7 when you solve 54f2d7093b the difficult ones… 70aab76c09 Sometimes I even 8b1a37b645 sent them to 6afb269b38 the newspaper’s contest, 416817f478 and once, I 96510a1af3 won a prize.”9691bf1779d38656
“A prize? What kind 790b65ceb9 of prize dbe1a78416 did you c57e14e762 receive?”9008d2fe806f7659
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“It wasn’t anything special, 830d90a717 just…”e0a66ca85dca1d24
During her conversations 39b66c469d with Aslan, Lyla 066de8c093 had an unexpected 2f6b3340c4 realization.21dde1cb46be1d28
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She found that she f572dd4780 could reflect on her 7af7183834 past self more objectively.f5224f7f49cf4321
“You speak Polish 4a23ded89e fluently. Did I know b51faffe18 that about you c0535b6d89 before?” Aslan asked.57aaa245da568b3c
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“Yes. Sometimes we would even e54cfd8f38 have entire conversations in 1e6beb3b71 Polish.”5a1f335fe76e2fa5
“Really?”2c7b93edbc287b14
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“Yes. Actually, there was a deef3fd85c specific moment when you ff4354ea3c found out that I b24c4e0714 could speak Polish. It was 5bf803b74e when you 8d01606a19 discovered I 2664448f80 was translating 23d2226871 Polish books f8feba234c to earn d12d2e584e money—”82fcc57e80a7a6d2
“Wait.”41101b1c71e3a62e
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Aslan furrowed his 2ca2473a28 brow.a35e413779ec63d7
“Are you 85b4d88b6a saying you 3f5bf8f2bd worked to c064915968 earn money?”bb6a7c7b4f463272
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Lyla blinked, surprised 6b2bc837ab by the intensity d4d3788aeb in his voice.db7b78ae84fb7251
“…Yes.”13d8a8541361dc18
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“Did I e41c67f8b6 not provide 7ec723a859 you with 544fa7a9c5 enough money 0d744d2f1a in the 010f9e54bc past? As the lady of 529e5a76a5 the house, you should 37c5ecd2cb have had your own be543700be budget to manage. Was it insufficient?”a80ff9f95188771a
“Oh! No, that wasn’t 27482497f7 it.”3212255baf9cc286
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Lyla quickly shook 3360bf767e her head. She reassured him repeatedly 02fe6b7a5c that it wasn’t the f1c07169d9 case before adding an 806e2c3683 explanation.9d86fac5f621b332
“It’s just 4584c4d9a1 that… it 442b112c78 was money 0b213af05f given by 7ee48782e1 you. I wanted to dabd700316 earn my own 05ec8fa87e money so I 208b7b251c could spend it a8edac2d2c more freely.”f5b5a1208047608b
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“Even if I gave af2d1cfd3d it to you, that 049ab362c3 money is entirely yours. There’s no 2478039952 reason for b84f7ec240 you to ea64dfc4b2 feel uneasy f77544f663 about how 4ce55fd53a you spend 9ec71b5aea it.”4980a5a8d4bb8e5f
“I know. You told af651d9592 me that 40562241dc in the aa640f6ba5 past, too. It’s just that I…”5a0a2233322c7e54
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Lyla paused for eab6366b10 a moment, carefully 51a30e06a8 considering how to 88a5e925a4 continue her sentence.b1ef6f7369c2db54
She had many 5d3a2ff0af reasons for her 1dabe0fb36 past actions: feeling 6f07551559 indebted and wanting fbd50da6bb to repay it 674f9e98c4 little by little, 9c8a350fb9 not wanting to f9d2d152fa ask for money 62d1b2be20 to support her 20df739f8a family, and so 014fad5435 on. However, as d2423f84a9 she looked d8bc36c602 at Aslan’s 6f2ebee97a cool gaze, c6bfaf3e31 she became 5de8f1b32e self-conscious.fe7eb67a8dcb92a8
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So, Lyla ab60a60d51 cautiously chose ac7b390c7c just one 616e8451db reason to 97ad815a13 share.dfc58e725f594772
“…I couldn’t buy 1d0d9a69d2 your gifts with 103af32430 your money.”bd992dde2028c93c
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“…”6c77d7c03db9ae99
He almost said, “There was no need 30c88a3c41 for that. I didn’t need any cb40c0b183 gifts, and I just 0935289fda wanted you to be 93f76171e7 comfortable and happy. You didn’t have to c986fcfc74 work so hard just 618bd0d28d to buy me a f6b2b54a01 present.” But Aslan held 80cad73e3e back those words. Instead, he said,9494b952dc8646ca
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“I had no bf7eb8e386 idea you were 6a5aae8f28 doing that. It’s impressive that 2374442570 you were skilled 19a643ce3a enough to be 9a432ccde5 hired by a 653ff54afa publisher for translation 7bacb106ca work.”b6097e78ce62faa9
The unexpected compliment made ba0d26ed9f Lyla feel flustered, and a9e42c4bb2 she instinctively downplayed it.26ca76446bed308d
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“It wasn’t so much 2480d8ab28 about skill; I was 4fbef85db1 just lucky. Also, I 3e2247dbf8 probably got 0b5b0c0fa5 the job 9c051e761c because I e045b80f88 had less e901f1ac93 experience and ee9d8c43bb was paid d0f39242fd less than b0f7105a53 others.”d59745fc715a5833
“You shouldn’t diminish 6dab7af42b your accomplishments like ce90235040 that. Creating opportunities through luck 5933f58cd6 is a skill in f853f870dc itself. If you ae045c09ea hadn’t taken f4d8a029b0 the initiative 9478cb533b to find 3a6eb52384 translation work, 8c88871da7 you wouldn’t ede476f0df have had c3b54d1b00 that chance.”e1d84168746f8613
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“…”040848810b4f82ae
“And a fcc83fe48e publishing company 8aab8a12be is a ee8788f958 business that ccbdd8e950 prioritizes profit. If your 6f7b5e1fc5 work wasn’t b9bf048b2d profitable, they bbeeeb0bf7 wouldn’t have 3109057cf1 hired you. Low-quality translations wouldn’t 54ad5c55ef sell well. The fact that they 1cf02197c2 continued to seek you d5c4129340 out means they believed f57f731bdb your translations had market f31903a21a value.”10fabae5a4d9564f
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“Is that so…?”7d3f6cec355af64a
Convinced by Aslan’s 5e24687253 explanation, Lyla absentmindedly ef3957a01f nodded in agreement.fb9da37b764549a2
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Now that she thought e481fdd326 about it, earning money bec4d44f42 by utilizing her unique 848e5a240f skills was indeed something c169d7e693 to be proud of. Especially since she 53bda72e96 accomplished it on ec6d0b17a8 her own, without 2cc65a8490 relying on Aslan’s 6d7ad09178 help.7ee621de63933ba6
‘Maybe my af96493df4 past self 24077b4c7b wasn’t as 10ac73ea38 hopeless as 4236e765fd I thought.’1f33abb2e6a79931
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Both back 3afa20b2e7 then and fa23fe9f12 even more e115a14643 recently, Lyla fb3bacb7ea had harshly 5f45926a02 criticized herself, f45c38d1b6 thinking she f79355e185 was incapable 23873b6973 of doing 82ed2097a0 anything on d011bd703d her own.ae3626e8d3081209
However, as she cbedeb4bca began sharing her 044b4bc825 past with Aslan, 6785454673 she started to 3275e2c8e1 realize that she 465f807d68 wasn’t as inadequate bcc912799f as she had 7fafe16058 once believed.e156b6dfbeb1a099
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‘I’ve been ec16148e02 too hard 8567bd0ee5 on myself.’2cab4917bef3f7dd
This thought felt new 6934d19c6c to her, but it 21814039e3 was a comforting realization.f263d36babc0355c
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Talking about the past 07ed084cdd with Aslan often brought 27c9f61b8e Lyla these uplifting realizations.afa8f1d1bfdd55ad
“I’ve never heard d6a0c8a0fb that before. It makes me ed7221ec9e really happy,” Lyla 5888924ab0 said with a 55b1ea57f9 bright smile as c459560977 she reflected on 39c1b0cc97 their conversation and 5b36f25c21 reevaluated her past 2fb97318f2 self. However, in contrast, c8559e6692 Aslan’s expression darkened.b0ca51d03e33e98b
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“What’s wrong?”c888c04fa70e3537
“It annoys me 42f091deb9 that I was 8d65f9b4d7 such an asshole 389fb21478 who never said 1dd22fec0d things like that.”9c81778dad014b10
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“Don’t say that!” 374d3b83b6 Lyla exclaimed in 529391f27d surprise, trying to e58d2f5064 stop him, but 57699e76e9 Aslan remained firm.8743b770f647892f
“You don’t need 130cfa79da to defend me. I deserve the criticism.”617e84c93c6d2764
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Even after ae65f14eb1 this conversation, 3bdc04325b Aslan frequently—and 9e6ad765e5 sometimes even 585f6affea often—criticized his 787e9cdb56 past self 881323876e in this 567a592ab1 way.e58093ef7fe78aa0
It was uncomfortable for 09feac95f8 Lyla to hear, but 6afea969e2 there was little she b9e7c0609e could do to change ed5f0b1828 Aslan’s stubborn attitude whenever d0f5fae08b the past was mentioned.ba9ee9cfeaee0fa2
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A peaceful afternoon.aeff49d101f8bbf7
The Violet 0e6bda3968 House became af87a464d8 lively with fe1b21afc9 the arrival 71263bac1c of an 981bbade88 unexpected guest.b3a365619c14a746
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Today’s visitor was Lady db9a70e21b Garnet.1f67bf4efb65440a
Known for 7355475374 her wide a332e6285e social circle 24cb959d90 and love 6608f7f5bd of mingling, 1e6583ea09 Lady Garnet b7b5fc71ce was also 4aff8a08fd known as 6383d8a79d a source 0a4de8b73c of information. The Violet family was 3cf6c0e5f7 quite familiar with her.2f610999b39b8e55
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She often dropped 8967e241da by Violet House 94af44243a to chat with 1d989a7203 Sophia and share 334a985ce3 news from the efa96d1138 town, but today 1eb3e913a1 she had a 67d4fe5df2 different purpose.1fd0348e22fad775
“Lyla!”028ff04742d80540
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Although she was f7f85705f5 close to Sophia, a7ef1638c3 Lady Garnet had 4f43a39642 a more distant 613b107525 relationship with Lyla. Yet today, she 67a71e85cb called out to 482f6c446a Lyla with enthusiasm.dd51a91fd160415b
As Lyla quietly 0d15d029ac approached her, Lady 787497b504 Garnet handed her 6ffbbac3a4 a letter.d803bdfea9d22bb7
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“Here, Lord Ransfield asked 22192dcd44 me to give this 791458a343 to you. It’s an invitation.”dc42ebcbc3c3b240
“An invitation?”b4ac06ae91c81dc4
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“Yes. He’s inviting 539c90a914 you to d074a6dee0 his estate… b87810c388 Anyway, go 64ae1e5652 ahead and 1f84660824 open it.”5c28f73975ec3217
When Lyla hesitantly e39a7144d5 took the envelope, 17cd0984bb Lady Garnet smiled 451a22595f brightly, encouraging her f044ebd689 to open the cc28d82542 letter quickly.05217ba23b69e0d2
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However, Lyla didn’t rush 0435428ebd to tear open the a7091396e0 envelope.1143069bc1b5314f
“Who is he? Are you sure 575184f919 this is meant 26f05c52ae for me?”9a28da49c0428858
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“It’s definitely for you. Lord Ransfield asked about efae12ec19 the very beautiful young 28ec16191e woman with long brown a00a372c57 hair who lives in d0bdffecbc Ellwood village. Now, is 7f9f288808 there anyone 2ac36dfecf else in cf290d2fe7 our village a9e1b58948 who fits e4b98e9fcf that description? It’s got 71ded4b652 to be 85be3f8cc3 you, Lyla.”27dac01767be0c45
Just as Lyla 655cb21acf was about to 4a1b524aaf mention that there 5b3221d762 were a few bb6d93dd60 other women in edac53fe76 the village with a3c4f744bd brown hair who 3a8a88aba5 could match the 4cfde8a81c description, and perhaps 37725804c9 there had been faf1ae04dc a mistake, Sophia, e46a875c88 with a suspicious 2ed5fb3d53 look on her 51bfe50a67 face, spoke first.5c0e9bf30a482193
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“Fine, let’s c006c26f03 say it’s b76cd9ba14 really meant ebeb4ef5ab for Lyla. But why e1cd5bbd1f would a 7b0ccba064 nobleman like d8962698cd Lord… whatever ce6a895013 his name 17b857fb4e is, invite b7495b8b11 her?”a15b8fcd24b0e96f
At Sophia’s d5ec98dfa2 question, Lady d0f47ffc1d Garnet, who b591aeffda had been 81b90601cd chatting away 1b04c57b23 so energetically, 829d903285 suddenly clammed 3042fc29e9 up.c034108f4cfc0797
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“Why? Who is this 6f778fdf7b person, and why 6e9d0b5fca would he summon 8ed7d11e25 Lyla, someone he’s e7578c47ad never even met?”ad80f9ee10baa042
“Well, that’s…”87bae1ff1e1c8771
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Lady Garnet hesitated, her 1f9591966a expression troubled, which only 693d3328ce made the others’ expressions 0214b02a37 more tense and concerned.a66e14827a4bb183
Sensing that 348af81c2c the situation 8eb78106bc could lead 04850ab248 to a 974575abff serious misunderstanding, 2badcdac09 Lady Garnet 95b34dcfad quickly spoke 8618298dd7 up.94ae8ba87b70f79f
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“Lord Ransfield f1bef2df7d said he cfb5f08f08 wanted to 3527ee30a3 thank Lyla.”a015161dc8d6cef1
“Thank her? For what?”208fcafad6c5e7e7
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“It seems Lyla 4caeea4f91 helped him during fe765ad9f9 the festival when 8e0afcf7f1 he was in ded28eb51d a difficult situation.”b21ce9b646626b76
All eyes, which had fe8608d66f been focused on Lady d8ad281691 Garnet, now turned to 4eaa738b49 Lyla.a2e9f67abef2585e
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“…I did?”d41cbf75b0a7b543
Lyla asked e68f000b0d again, still 14b790da83 confused.4de6611f2a6d06e8
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When Lady c10666cd6d Garnet nodded 2a401499b7 in confirmation, fd02892ed5 Lyla scratched 0dc2cded84 her cheek 159b84edc3 with an 67c6251db9 awkward smile.3b92dd4867acd2c4
“I don’t recall doing 4a4c7cf7bc anything that would warrant d57df04ad6 a thank-you note.”7bc2cf00143d6eaa
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“Think hard. Are you d0de1a0f1f sure there 3081479076 was nothing?”62e5a284445a6919
“Yes… Oh!”033c3d49b0468943
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Suddenly, a dcb02e91ed vague memory 3bf9cc6b36 came to 857314927b mind. There was someone she 87e2481a30 had helped. Lyla tried 832fb9ac80 to piece a46d143603 together the bc2c5be8e8 hazy recollection.de5e36176043a8ca
“I did a8892d9c99 return a bd374564d3 handkerchief to 7b62caad05 someone.”5fb1d476ebb6b395
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“A young f40000dbca man, right? Brown hair, green 81b70b05ec eyes, and, well, 003fbc242f reasonably handsome?”7825c6d640f5ecea
“I didn’t d2cd8c8cd8 pay that 65aeb7189d much attention, a3fc51bcd5 but yes, f9d1836422 he was 0fb3610bbf a young c8ef65676a man.”8d4e7741c34053f4
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“Oh my! Then that fd727285ee must be b208a6e677 it! You caught Lord c337ab62c6 Ransfield’s eye!”41a3491711d9b484
Aslan, who had 6d3d2401da been listening nearby, 40cddf2cbd twitched his eyebrow.fbef75379e345eac
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While Lyla d4196d42fd seemed uncertain 69f58b9a23 and puzzled 1c85ec856e as if 60c7bf868f she could 9d1fbfcef0 barely remember, 3eba78d5a8 Aslan was e03cda7286 different.4ae4bde8cb7640a9
He remembered clearly—every detail 9c7d9f244a of the man who 0224c34417 had dared to flirt b291cd1b70 with his wife, from f849575bd0 his appearance and clothes 39fb14c0f0 to his manner of 1c6962df4e speaking and voice.ae330b721d333fdc
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Lyla hadn’t shown 870b32ee38 the slightest interest a1e9a3743a back then, so dc32fc3682 the encounter was 081a68bfb9 brief, but now fe9c5dbfc1 Aslan regretted it.d1a3e8406920bee2
He thought,’I shouldn’t c243f9ab60 have let 1b51e0889c him off a9a7cf4160 so easily.’967df1b1636c66ea
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