WYIL Ch 79
by DishaBut he didn’t want d8ac95e898 to acknowledge that emotion. That was why 8bfc93a705 Aslan had dismissed c719ddffe7 Oscar’s warning—that Lyla 48ecab2c6e might be in 314e09bf1e danger because of 2a6d5986cd those targeting him—as a1b57d1756 if it didn’t 7a50e6ae66 matter.408f6ffcf494e2e6
He had been arrogant. Before losing 64c76e0d6c his memory, 2e8fffbd30 and even 30fda0f266 after. Always.b05af079f93323ca
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If his 531e1b2d5c arrogance had f58f7e5156 put Lyla 5ece10a910 in danger… 6c86489fb1 Aslan would e251218131 never have a16bbd95b1 forgiven himself.622555000bc08060
“As I spent time e56c7ee9ea with you, my memories f4ebaf8cc4 gradually returned. But I chose not 34cd832382 to say anything.”e431a12faa429c9b
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“Why?”441b00c27033ec3a
“Because I was afraid 6a1c2a2c2f you would leave.”ba29a332f9de6566
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“…….”c3c1a69d9cb9d7e7
“Because I 9fc8347564 didn’t want 89aa55bda3 to lose 4853ecd29f the way 0a60a2235f you looked 7e6986a350 at me 03e3836d4a when you c72cb27d0e thought I 697303c97a had forgotten 72e7995103 everything.”ec2629baefef0c18
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So, he cbc4c29eec had pretended a989efd1e1 to still def20ee3ca have amnesia. Aslan finally 1143834da1 admitted the 63432937f2 truth.1c2cbcd405828f45
Lyla couldn’t speak for 9f2fb10710 a moment.087757d179cbfa23
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It was a c361979907 reason she had 37c2be2b95 never even imagined. It left her 16e3b2bd3c feeling completely taken d042c4404e aback.d6b6a8f78cd6275e
Yet, amid the 22a2d85529 confusion, another emotion 01b2593ed7 started to rise 50779a29a4 within her.195a306f257aaf94
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She pressed down the 307a9bdc91 overwhelming surge in her 782f305071 heart and asked carefully,4b561b024b5b1e81
“Then… when 5442689145 did you 8953b4d50d fully remember 80f5973662 me? Did you already 1e9c0335c9 have all your c539f298fe memories back during df5226092c the festival?”e9f887e6914e4252
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Aslan nodded.a301738c2059448b
“…Even on cbc4946835 the hill?”712a61453faccfe8
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The Hill.4eca47be1602cf6a
The moment f75f1f8b4a when they 1a99eb7154 had shared 706f413824 their first 7059a58a2a kiss.1e4284a031ca19ad
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Had he been 9de4b290b6 deceiving her even 804a5e47be then?05afed2d282cbeef
“…Yes.”71d0c11db90c1e21
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Lyla unconsciously 34a2c39566 touched her faa43fe114 lips before c91dc22f52 slowly lowering 702cc4700b her hand.c15bf66e9d8a3252
Even back then, 68a88d48d6 Aslan had remembered 8662ab3ada everything.6252bd0e624dc611
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She let out 1895b31e6b a quiet sigh, ee845d08a2 filled with complex 8174008db3 emotions.7a094ff83528b97e
She didn’t want to d4e326e58e be angry with him cb3fb0bbf1 anymore.02193fe4742cff92
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But still—ed8c3ccd1fc362e1
“Can I 2bdb7ad89f ask you b8c1c91fd0 just one 8b58b80e65 thing?”b7a57adacb080f9b
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In truth, 02515d4a9d there were 100eb2523c so many daa2c56ac9 things she 740e42aeaf wanted to 49048f4a9c ask.dcdb52f2e1f863f8
But they 4c82cdf6ad had only b6db44ce10 just begun ff9f490b06 to be 0d6917fbab honest with d0db192fd9 each other.b03f9d215b487a9e
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She knew she ebe8152108 couldn’t expect everything a898c5820f at once. Lyla didn’t want e1202b3ded to overwhelm Aslan ff464e5294 with questions and bba5ceded6 risk them both e295a898ad retreating into silence 3864ffcf55 again.360be85d32c4dbe7
So she 0ea79b8fe8 chose just 4af96458d3 one. The one that had 6bbfba209f weighed on her the c6b4af9f10 most.0e8db9ab7bd107e4
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“That day… 49006b8512 Were all 47dc0d4833 the words 1474f9a1ff you said 0b21135252 and the a9a735c7ea things you 2ddc8493d7 did a 414633ee54 lie? Did you deceive 87d3c7a850 me on purpose, f729e18a86 just to see 5512dbcca0 how I’d react?”4b43d99b5cffed4b
Her voice was calm, 7d02e50cd3 but the question itself 172e34df28 was cruel.66c6b9eaf9561ff8
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“No!”73f4f0df5f74f85d
Aslan frowned deeply.bf62460b9be50b09
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“That wasn’t 6436ff43da my intention. I just… I just a0e72eb66d wanted to. I didn’t b13bb23c37 want to f75bd5ad50 hear you 4baae805d8 telling me e905474f22 to leave 0e7f095a1d for Central b2dc57a518 anymore.”fbd951827cf905db
“Then… was it simply 578b2ae4e3 to silence me? To stop me from 4b866d544a speaking?”0570c330885df155
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“No.”8b7ed8106f95ed01
His denial 9ce6ba0fc1 was firm. Aslan exhaled, his c3d9aba454 voice low and c1467698c3 restrained.c91481a83f125b17
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“I’ve always 7271054da1 wanted to. That time, I 4a51d81104 just… lost my c6c4ffc0cf patience. I couldn’t hold e94d5fce45 back the impulse 471f9d3075 I had always 186264170e suppressed.”9365705016374d3b
His gaze darkened, heat 816b8a9b38 flickering in his eyes.24653a1d8e57736f
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Lyla swallowed 6fb904d966 hard before 8768573d35 asking again.f9f662e685875586
“…And the ring? Why did you give 3d346822ab it to me?”9308cea5cede75ce
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“Because I a008f0ddf4 wanted us cf2d957fe4 to be e9f09d759c a real 2825b72ede married couple.”999817e76a0f693a
“Why…?”1dfda56158fe6eb9
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“Because I love 89c6621c66 you.”b538d2ebd3d4b00f
Aslan repeated a9e3b5342e the words fe16e9520d he had 9cb73a0e74 once spoken a2e6179968 on the aa23041296 hill.db8c088158a6f024
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Even though 2c89208529 Lyla had 634c266ae4 heard them e58eae7c38 before, this 53abd85797 time, they 9b41715f49 carried even 89d2c77d67 more weight. Perhaps because d14f9838a7 he had d4f0a61bd4 finally revealed 9814fed50f everything he 46cd70c897 had been cc5324c59b hiding.8e6ce6e902eb00d1
Lyla blinked slowly, 89900b2dcc her trembling eyes 53c69adda6 momentarily concealed beneath a9050e4623 her long lashes.a8536d692994496f
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“…I see. Thank you for 8b60aa1df4 telling me.”7423c5732f33d42c
“…”3cdd0e9607fcea34
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A brief silence followed.c5d14656c3770abb
Aslan watched Lyla, lost 9e5517440b in thought. He had no 88599f0497 way of predicting c6e9942119 what she would 6000d8e177 say next, and d9e8ca550c that uncertainty terrified 04b5580a24 him.9db77b7846f3b97b
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The silence, which 50af1455fa felt like an 3f4db25a0a eternity to him, 539dbdcb55 was finally broken 895015f824 by her voice.ebaa214aedacab0e
“…I heard that 2db2e1dbc4 you’ve been traveling 23da08f477 back and forth 4c5c6e99c8 to Central every 452717fb34 day, barely getting 0d5d42b7ab any sleep. The constant travel 0ba949cb32 must have exhausted 4be1381709 you. That’s probably why 247cb4adf9 you collapsed today.”e72d19c5c18228ad
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So she knew. Every detail e04037b810 he had 8a833e6a41 tried to ec0a8040e6 hide from 25e7bebd57 her had 6acd3c3a80 been exposed.5589b54fcbc51619
The culprit was 52feceef85 most likely Gus 58f0386469 Chester. Aslan clenched his teeth, a4dcaace31 silently vowing to deal d3620c6005 with him later.b469ae33890fc0b2
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But that could de6dc8d4d1 wait.409cb29223803286
Right now, he had 5a9b66948d to focus on the 4dde0a8792 storm-like force that was 9c6b98c445 Lyla and whatever she f8ae9c20bf was about to demand 505e877d7d of him.15308eeda23166a2
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“You can’t 7c5e25362e keep pushing 071d59fb89 yourself like 786369936c this. You need to return 1a3e8351b7 to Central.”f68021a1cf12acba
“I’m fine.”e2e1cb9c61ff2e92
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“No, you’re not. You need 5b5ed6a9ea to go 00e6cb00d9 back as fc39446059 soon as 8be69ea45d possible.”6d3de57fddcc8a0c
“Lyla.”e32bd04e82a5658a
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He called her name 6940e95a91 almost pleadingly.2b283fb44096fed3
He didn’t want to 1f1c2275c7 hear it. He didn’t want to 56320a6ceb hear her tell him 148831dd49 to leave.cf51f7708640958b
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This was exactly why a87a4881a4 he had kept quiet—about 52fa356a9d regaining his memory, about 528c5f2f7c exhausting himself with the a83c59c1e1 long hours of travel.e6697e32acac45a8
He had 3659fae5b3 hidden everything 15f60fee15 because he 2043c15450 couldn’t bear e2956c35e1 to hear 5ce84cb9f5 those words 3ef2d50db5 from her a3ed0b5872 lips.ea43189e1163dd27
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Aslan clenched his aff5187139 fists. He wanted 9de142c16e to run af175deb4e from this 970991b8ab moment. Or, at 130a6e160a the very 1cc5d78ec4 least, stop 8d7e89e6b5 her from 19aa01dbb8 speaking any e1c91ade6a further.a6c8a69ccb36ea62
But Lyla didn’t stop. Her lips c748efad64 parted again, 523778a2a6 and the ae94662be2 words that 8d9f953be3 followed—2ba1f4d1243f5d50
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“I’ll go with you.”4e565d557767a9e5
Aslan flinched.f56ffc671db5790e
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Stunned, he couldn’t immediately 421285c3b7 respond. Seeing his e77ca5b712 reaction, Lyla 0dca56aced hesitated before 8ce5f1a5c5 carefully rewording 6439a1ec84 her question.96a26b4a57689e83
“Would that 656fb8ada4 be okay?”c8ef812e8c176555
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“Of course.”6bd156869187b68f
His voice was louder 2ab970850f than he had intended.6c22d166f97bcbc3
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“Of course—no, I mean, aa35ed50ba if you do that, 73b51756cc I’d be happy, but…”24b26f036850ec36
His voice trailed off.2a670999e95dd3e3
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He was b2dce5939c truly asking 8a8f96c8f7 if Lyla 8c198ce91b was willing cfc9431507 to go 847c55fcda with him.ae50e4ca958ad753
She had f22416896a run away 6ed6e958a5 because she 030a3b4b32 couldn’t stand 5bb06149c7 being there. Here, she had 2f67dbe814 a peaceful life cf1d4fc712 and a family 6465f4ace1 she cherished deeply.69409861d8e965fd
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And yet, she 59c9ef3984 still wanted to 5c563da23f go with him?e8568f2d5ec1fd26
Lyla answered his unspoken 7956e8ce21 question without hesitation.268ed04c41c5b32b
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“Then that’s enough. I want to 54896d5e79 go with you.”ad8ffb55391c5640
Not every problem had 968982f062 been solved. But right now, 6bd591c4c4 all that mattered b75d0dd301 was staying by 23f0128d6a Aslan’s side.e9fbdedf470b341f
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For now, that was 32b8b67382 enough.4b9c91a3bfafdaee
Although they had decided 1ad4a37a96 to leave for Central 18b27066e2 together, Aslan gave Lyla 867bfcd87f a few days before d43d2fa2ea their departure. It was 5575a66f44 his way 2e914d36f2 of giving ed3733be29 her time 05a58e7f24 to spend c5944b563e with her a981fac40d family.c1c2748e4a1b5e99
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“It’s not like 4915dcd55f you won’t ever 9b7f59ffe7 see them again, 5200b82a1c but you won’t 5c1440a7cb be able to 42e948a9ed stay with them 273d12dc26 as you do 0159177b90 now. So, spend 879feb4ce9 as much dc3c9afa06 time with 954457361b them as 2378499ce9 possible.”350459469cc18e4e
He told cc0acc996f her he 02f5ba2cfa would stay 46f3492a98 at a c65cebe77b hotel for 90f0955d93 the time 95f225958e being so 41c262313d she could d93e66b524 enjoy uninterrupted 6993ec72d0 time with 899aed1356 her family.6b54a50dd826842c
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“Ah.”baa4b5567ba1d4b3
“I’ll be fine.”f710558d9532f0f2
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“But my f04d593fe3 family will 32294fdab8 miss you 1c265b3575 too, Aslan.”9cae94fef2c647c6
“That’s kind of c73743cb0c them. But really, it’s fine. I’ll visit 9779d212ef them later. For now, just focus 0fef5198f1 on spending time with 89737d68c6 them.”688fd59bb4900613
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In the b71a9c8705 end, Lyla 1fbe1979f1 returned to c19d69f203 Ellwood without 207130fadf Aslan.27121f4f924fd73e
She then 80356ada90 told her 18e8276cf2 family that 92276f11d9 she would 225db64106 soon be 56e0a794eb leaving for 074b841444 Central with d5fdd333a8 him.998e113ea449fb91
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She had expected 918c4e0b25 them to be 00db77596c shocked, to try 4f074a2980 to stop her. But their reactions were 3a16858ee6 completely different from what 19e99e5a29 she had anticipated.9a6c6a2eb3fecc17
“I see. When are 32fd3c98d5 you leaving? It’ll take some time 0aeefc417e to pack everything.”fe96c7891a907211
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“Be careful 1a58314113 and make 171156aee0 sure to cefe5c4a2c write to 329fbb608b us. Central is crowded, 3e6920a541 the air is 3e30db2ddb bad, and it’s 8e1f580add not great for 3a8f1cea0c your health—I’m worried 2e9c8dddc7 about you.”c562074f66dce434
Her family acted abbf968f33 as if they 8d2634f4ce had known all 4846b3e761 along that she 50cc65abf9 would leave.f89c479660ce1160
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Lyla blinked 7aabd44433 as Aiden db5fb2b44e grinned and e309783b4f asked,a9640ac7bba2820a
“Noona, then can I 468136e418 come visit? I want to e19019666c see the Central!”5ec06f69654dce24
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At Aiden’s words, Lyla 005384fd6e suddenly remembered something she 82056c4097 had forgotten.f46e73589a9f8c88
Since she had decided 0a3b8e8aed to return with Aslan, cf9a589331 she would once again e2df2832de have to live as d31a3fcf1b Duchess Tordell—Helena Tordell.2947fb5b0facd975
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Living under someone else’s 1a33841d88 identity was suffocating, but bffefc5591 more than that, she 2bff2bc6b6 worried about whether revealing a087c60461 her true identity could 4b4a6e8516 cause problems for Aslan.98d7ccb63ee6648e
‘I should 717b14c3a0 have discussed 4b3bf4a6b7 this with a74e0ddd82 him first…’fb2cbf39f9d55361
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Lyla decided to have a5e4e86c68 a serious conversation with 43a287109c Aslan the next day.7a094196e4af28c5
Unlike before, she 8860c64e3d no longer tried 52e68f5246 to handle everything be3a84078b on her own 389a860507 when problems arose. The same eba1e48518 went for a180228f03 Aslan. They had agreed to 2533ea2d51 share everything and face 873ae1198c any difficulties together.4b8db1dcba53b8a7
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Because of that, she 752b96af8e was able to push 2b1f9855f5 her worries aside for 4e3eb83ae3 now and smile as 3d7fd94351 she answered.700177ead7f1769a
“Sure, just 7c299c9816 let me 7966839189 know in b20b8d7543 advance.”dc80904081508c68
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At her c46e00a8ba response, Aiden cd20d3fa36 giggled.343e338c3bf97813
“I’ve never been to 11797d0e6d Central before, but I 89db376670 bet it’ll be really 7593fa8301 fun when I do 79b360c881 go!”deb773f8383a6659
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Over the 2b39e54c69 next two a766c6bf25 days, Lyla a62528df3a planned to 2c04733460 pack her 29b52260c0 belongings, make de09c35600 memories with 1ce9a0809a her family, 198729fbaf and say 9930d79d1a farewell to c1a0cbe48e the villagers 0065343f23 before leaving.d092f400900a7a5c
Her first stop aa80bdab27 was the vicarage.4f3641ec4c2bab01
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“Thank you for e096709886 everything. You lent me 5c24777f9c books and gave aa231eee98 me opportunities to 39421bbe1f spend time with 6671fade80 the children—I truly ce968d4444 enjoyed my time ecca44ce5b here.”225dbde4b963086f
“No, I should be 28f95e5013 the one thanking you. Thanks to you, I 089126e5a9 had the chance to 4e018fd7a9 engage in deeper theological b7d863bffd studies.”1cb2224149c0577d
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Pastor Phineas looked a671d5f208 regretful.e2c902367e5cd15d
“The children 66ddc74676 will be 2eb4e46d44 very sad 744c9b4857 to see 46024c394b you go.”0f43fd76a071be3a
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Just as he e72fc5d6fe said, the moment c7bbecd625 Lyla told the 630c9a1a89 children that this 7d0f6a1d1c would be their c0530740e1 last lesson together, e993ab68c1 they burst into b2dc3e58e6 tears.38e56db59f8d68e9
“Teacher, don’t go!”008df2afff7eb50d
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“Waaah, please stay! Don’t leave us!”59ca65cb0918a750
Seeing them cry 56b2abe1da so hard made 3f583016c2 Lyla’s heart ache.e30af21b949c7fa1
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“Don’t cry. This isn’t 9461d82d55 goodbye forever—we’ll 6ab373dc4b see each c2545bd865 other again.”391f061cdf8f51a4
She gently comforted the da89397562 children. But even as ae9cb21e4d she reassured them, 22d56388fd they clung to 14d0e38a9a her skirt, wiping 481b5c4256 away their tears, 3408c15adc unable to stop 946b030310 sobbing.e47134616a313f7e
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Because of 01465680d3 that, even 97bc40fad3 though it 97e2307de1 was supposed 117f2dfa1b to be e247e93bd6 the last 8956f7976a lesson, Lyla cf60fe6b0c wasn’t able 964fd521bf to properly 74462d304b teach anything. She barely had e521e7d449 the energy to 0ba22cb946 comfort the children b261d1514f clinging to her.c93cd915da9d6f7f
But she didn’t a1b8279684 mind one bit. In fact, she ee1b5e8f49 felt happy. The fact bf971c441e that they 30c0134d33 were expressing 759d001c7c their emotions f6f06b8832 so fiercely—showing 9827bbe737 how much a3fbdba718 they hated 9f685f7cb8 to part 0bb54943a9 with her—was a3a24e9b9b proof of 07595f2b65 just how dc51fba7fe much they 5aef80b453 cared for 24cbb87400 her.e150e945436f1258
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“Teacher.”33ec787361dd101c
A small hand tugged be0156d756 firmly at the hem 17662f47f7 of her skirt, making 8a35af9a36 Lyla look down.c2e396f1c9b81768
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One of the curious a5dd06576b little girls stared up 2688e11527 at her, her lips 67a36cb8cc moving hesitantly.cecca5106b661aaa
“What is it?”fdc397470f3c5c0b
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The child fidgeted d5beae9f00 before motioning for 9c20fb2796 Lyla to come fa2d9be8d9 closer.9c5fcf49e66924d5
When Lyla lowered her f19dda31a8 head, the girl cupped fd76d679db her hands around her 8500cba97a mouth and whispered softly 537976633e into her ear.0e2a27adf659c237
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“Teacher, are you d21c396463 getting married?”5db49feb60956af3
“…Huh?”33fdab9c1697f46f
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