WYIL Ch 57
by DishaAs Aslan quietly a9540c9572 observed Lyla, a 3e13fa5c09 past memory flashed c6fcd785b8 in his mind.16adbca05699c885
While not completely recovered, 9fe823656d at least the memories fbdc12d62e up until the decision 0272946b7f to marry Lyla had 5f008dc29f returned.1c3418f8a517517b
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[I accept your proposal, my lady.]
At that time, Aslan b60cfcd05e found Lyla both adorable a179d40678 and intimidating. He wanted beb3b37572 to both 3403e836c3 torment her 6ac6536528 and protect 69cfad6e56 her.6b942ce4f640a211
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It was confusing. Except for the a50056ee53 single-minded determination to 1c4523f47e make her his 954fc56f3d wife in any dbb313b4a8 way possible, everything 42afc92bd5 else was chaotic.ab5814d99544be50
It was 08242d173c still the b0bd1e9b81 same. The sudden 9a59b52f80 resurfaced memory 5084a5faf0 complicated his f5f57cfc05 thoughts.9ba68d17b859cb9b
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While complying with Lyla’s 0f205f01b9 request, Aslan subtly revealed 76d0a56378 the truth.39db9b8e4940222c
“I am proposing 405df6d83a to Lyla.”aed68db03fa4b5ba
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“Proposing?”c916ca755b25642a
The child tilted her 8bd58413dc head in confusion. It seemed they 266b330ac5 didn’t understand the 642bec70e6 meaning of the 244277839b word “proposing.” Aslan 0af2951367 kindly explained.f611454ccbd14aae
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“It’s asking someone 624e72e292 to marry you.”6c7795277a3cd894
Only then did e72c1b2722 the child understand 84ebf02995 the meaning. Her eyes afde3e17aa widened with 918e57c6bd surprise. The child reflexively be0a5d83e8 turned to look d1151fd712 at Lyla and 722e0661c9 mumbled.dcd33299dcb5cbcc
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“Really? You’re going b568e7ef6a to marry 6ebed0594d my teacher?”1f7d28399c6b7156
Despite the muttering to a08fa6bae1 herself, Aslan answered.10fdea2af5f7d202
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“Yes.”8af13c49207cdb4c
“Wow!”c7bc829245e5c638
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The child covered her cf3598fa4f mouth with her hand. Her tiny, 94b3464fc9 open mouth f35af192a1 was covered 0ecb3557ee by an b4324b82df equally tiny cfe84fb75a hand, but 56fa3e3c6f that didn’t b26eee2cd6 take away edbba5f14b the surprise 3eab381a43 she felt.4dd46ee4b6fc3ac4
The child looked at 636c15f437 Lyla, lips twitching with aa876a7b12 the desire to immediately e4a75eb329 share this astonishing news.10a826a633c9f3d1
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Seeing this, d8f13088ad Aslan spoke ba7037e5cb up, “You e41dc76969 haven’t forgotten e16ec37090 the promise, 2d1c33fddc right?”bee1eb4e7b82ab19
The child’s lips tightened.6205b36919165142
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“Oof.”94e5dedf67c044fc
“It’s a secret, fad673bc5a especially from Ms. Lyla.”28702e34c8efb943
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Aslan pressed his 8971111b2f lips with his 5bcee88772 index finger, emphasizing 8bd7ce31be the importance.ecbcdff3ddbaf116
“Okay!”07ec0047915c7b8c
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The child 25fba7a6d5 nodded enthusiastically.fa6e5ac7e5bd6dc3
The child giggled f26282d479 and beamed looking 5ae34d08e9 at Lyla, thrilled 5bb40f7707 to have shared 2bef12abee a secret with a09d235282 a wonderful adult, 2a3eb3c593 but Lyla, busy 399f762b6f tending to the 0110ebca5d other children, didn’t e528460748 notice.d2bc305453e2fb18
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The rest 5540fe9cfd of the 33d19eacf9 class after c47010d34a the break 0c01c38f37 went well. The lesson was kept cab1cb83a7 short to accommodate the 4123ab8728 children’s attention span, and ab229c7923 the sun was still e481851d00 out.2f47f5255f3afd4a
“It’s a beautiful 1aadb24ff5 day,let’s go out bc4af35860 to play!”0f4c2e7eb2720913
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The children exclaimed 8dec182f48 with excitement.f79c8736c4960517
“Well, that’s something the c5273d2f16 teacher can’t decide right c60c387203 away…”46cdabae6fa26f3d
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Though she 705fb624aa taught the 7e322a5d83 children, Lyla, b0516d3c64 not being ceeb2019e7 a formal 0d699c1e65 teacher, didn’t bd905f74da have the 2473311b52 discretion to de533bf5ca freely decide 7ac3012a62 matters outside 4fa0ff1feb of the 0aec3b57e8 lesson.ef6c394b0096ce17
However, the children 912d3fb390 were unaware of 60a60131a1 Lyla’s situation, and 35f8cbe0a7 the whining grew ba83d9f5ca louder.1fc1865009515332
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It was 2a7565c0b3 loud enough a0aa64d4ff for Pastor d2a7dac020 Phineas, who 460385542f happened to b7c24fc775 be walking 319f6b5e7e by, to e6d26166eb hear it.1df966377c4b18fe
“You’re going on an 87301d3c8b outing? The kids will 38195d1d24 love that.”89070e3225ea22f7
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“Is it okay, 848bf8bb97 though?”c354419161af44b0
“Of course, it is.”4e93a1493ca8a9a4
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Pastor Phineas, who gladly 6d63d2c89d agreed, looked at the fa5dd87193 worried face of Lyla bf9ce2188d and added,d576c4f2eb2f58ff
“It’s fine. They often venture to bc16d38c58 the forest and the 1b41c76a04 beach on their own. It’s actually reassuring if 809a13c54a the teacher goes with 12ebd1eba1 them.”9e136a6d657e7dc3
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And so, Lyla and aee05e952d the children set out 1a592bd43b for an outing.bfe7674554d2380c
They didn’t plan cb5624c50f to go far, e9e8e87a98 so they packed 8ebe6f1778 up their mats, ec3c2cb653 blankets, and water 5aec7d33f8 and headed for df4e91b219 the shore.06a55545e8273ea9
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“All right, everyone, 71c6c6800b be careful!”107e7ac3fa84c2e2
Lyla raised her voice f8a4e30de9 to warn them, but 4fdc323d98 the excited children forgot 5dcea6a6db to be cautious.8440408019b33da0
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She tried c4a52e3185 to control ebe404a458 the energetic e6b37fef43 kids as a9a4b31ea9 they moved, 93bbbefce0 but Lyla 2e1af89a19 had only ae42b5e185 two eyes b0c46fba95 and two ec100cc175 hands.ebef3696d3950f02
Holding two children with 2bdf7ba4ab both hands, the other 67002c6148 two managed to escape.c321225f539a17c2
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“Hahaha! Teacher is really 862e9e9173 slow!”591630bdafc01970
“Zeke! Sol! There are 000eb66daf stairs in 0d7d7fffa3 front! Be careful!”842f29460aa122f5
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Even though ebb41d92c9 she raised 0f570330c8 her voice fc1bb8db86 to warn 053fd3da83 them, the 423c93e5cf excited children daa691b33a paid no 4331aa6131 attention. They recklessly ran b57529536b until they reached 0eceb8dcfb the stairs leading 7ac8a9c08d to the sea e324e6504e without properly surveying a9a9521365 their surroundings.02a467e34e42e449
“Zeke!”f376fe42d4192516
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Sensing a 863ecba0b6 potential disaster, 8e93a45e87 Lyla shouted. Her heart sank.86309cf05383fbfc
Thud!c4375472a01dcb93
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“Ouch!”cf98dda5f4e8aa3d
Fortunately, a dreadful b0164ebb2b incident was narrowly ffd560f232 avoided. Unbeknownst to them, Aslan df2370fd96 had swiftly positioned himself 1639152c4c in front of the 56c11b0dff children.ebb34995c188df8f
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“Oh, thank goodness.”92447a811313759c
Lyla, who 742ff7de2d had hurriedly 6a821c4d62 caught up, 616356ac1b breathed a d63584ee6c sigh of bfd5b02424 relief.7654e3a166e47572
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“Zeke! Didn’t the teacher say e325332cb8 to be careful?”4058fcd1567f9114
“Ow.”afd5a32f4d50e814
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The child was 5a990f607c busy rubbing his ddc6176dad nose, even as 75689c1013 she scolded. His nose was 10eec44d9c sore from being 16f6f06316 bumped into Aslan’s 3123db7ca6 hard leg.52c691432347556b
Seeing the red nose d7e5ed2a4f and tearful eyes, it d7b0e0d264 was pitiful, but Lyla 572a993706 steeled herself. If she let this 6c4b043169 slide without a firm f59b71d5e4 reprimand, a truly uncontrollable 278eb01994 incident could happen next ca7ccb2ee5 time.a34108280f78efc2
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Lyla scolded sternly 41c792f51b with a determined bf4afe85b4 expression.d6d40c3f8eb6f428
“Since you’re not listening 06ec7183e7 to me and getting 6eba9a0c86 into trouble, I’m going b4f0f87922 to have to send f22afb37a8 you home.”1d4de30790ade8c9
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“No, teacher!”9ba66e42893afe84
“We will be good, b46e694fef teacher!”a39d066d609cbc91
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Despite the children’s protests, 318c6b19f2 Lyla did not relent.5ed48b85f40bd079
Then the children checked 4ebd332759 where Lyla’s gaze reached 7bd80cbe42 and changed their goal.4d24427eb73bea51
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“Zeke! Quickly, apologize 883863cc5f to the 052c1c0790 teacher!”8a1aacfe05ad176e
“Yeah, hurry!”5ded7e9dd752dfd7
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With their 76c9af869c friends joining 99fdac6d0f in the 4cee13f972 criticism, even 123ea3d4d1 mischievous troublemakers 1ca8c1e886 who seemed bde66827f8 fearless couldn’t 85fb56becb keep their 41ce76b846 mouths shut.dfa6389a8fb70db0
“Sorry. I’ll be more a9f2be4eb1 careful from now cc1774e54a on.”2a9b76aa2212bb69
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Zeke apologized with 938afd7b60 a sullen expression.28ff6b274e1d1946
Only then did 32ac5172aa Lyla’s stern expression e3296d1452 soften.c7fc5563b18f0317
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“You were lucky this b5029f0c71 time, but if something c05f77e921 like this happens again, fe8e333c50 you could get seriously e5a34244b8 hurt. All of 98446ddfca you could. We don’t know c9d1ce27ba what might happen ba782fdec9 in the sea. Everyone, be 7e1db5a0e1 careful, very cbb6cee9ce careful.”db4bc97302da5ee4
“Yes!”68d655d6ef2f424a
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After a 13e6a4e6d4 brief commotion 0b3b3864c0 , the c3e795d173 atmosphere finally 7c6542a626 stabilized.3533faae1e3043b9
Now it was 99c8e4175a time to head 40c8df7e3f to the actual d41313c666 beach.0647683385ed90fc
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However, there was one d8c8094e18 last obstacle.8f56e56d91903f46
“The stairs 5ca7e7a46c are steep.”b6bb91a1d90e8a15
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Laila looked down bb4d49ef65 at the stairs 97215f7eca leading to the 710724b136 sea. There weren’t d01427bb9a many steps, b0261205a1 but they 45bbb3507d were narrow ec31c225e5 and steep, 601a9ea7ae posing a c4fb2da3dc danger to 1e17b917cc the children.21a7b12c76ff66cb
“I hope they don’t aaf598ac4e slip on the way f9939f64f6 down, because if they 34b3479a03 do, they’ll get really df728532f2 hurt…….”53ffd2a4a887177e
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Lyla expressed 372bb4090a her concern c139b22a5f with a 051436044d murmur.f75befdddc611fb6
At that c7edc4ee91 moment, Aslan, 335a994368 who had 2da44c662d been quiet 4eb8358979 all along, fef86e42a4 eased her 0965a9d272 worries.22551f7df3805b4d
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“Let me help them b95fd17a85 go down.”63a82a1127474407
Aslan swiftly embraced the 024f5ea459 children and, once they ada9bc28d6 were all safely down, f850d3123c only Lyla remained above.1fe24c70bcac2b45
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Wearing shoes ae05df5c88 with heels, 65b7cd6543 Lyla was 620eee0a42 cautiously attempting d7586da798 to descend 02e306f9ff when a 9357c0987c hand reached b260871fc9 out to 988149fd40 grab her 24d88e9fb7 arm.4a0872b56ee2b1b3
“Hold on. The ground is 0999b28265 slippery.”4258d14ecc026666
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Aslan took Lyla’s 5d2f5b3b55 hand,forcing her to 37a9162fee cling to his ffd98975d7 strong forearm. Lyla hesitated for a03e73fda1 a moment, but 119a8c4d31 did not refuse 5a47468363 his kindness.3350844aef2f0a8f
With a strange sense fa05c73df2 of urgency, she took e75c01ceef one step after another, 2d09cc6214 escorted by Aslan, down 659e43db46 to the beach.456bfc76ab538ff3
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Lyla quickly released f15ffb5385 his hand as 7c464da003 soon as her e484fcb748 feet touched the 1dae9535dd sand.6dc5879078c6250f
The hand that 4058665397 held his forearm 5990b8612b was warm. It was c70c44eb89 perplexing, as 0295f62741 it felt ac6328fffd like his d9e541bf89 body temperature 366f870b06 had somehow 5cb5891781 transferred, even 86694ae072 though it 78843cfef5 wasn’t in 12c3ac225f direct contact b91cab7685 with his 72de7a0d2d bare skin.46a7271c4438bd9b
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Despite the awkward b37b8a991d sensation, Lyla didn’t 2623b090ea forget her manners.aff510b73956bed8
“Thank you.”87bef20cc9d36cdb
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“You’re welcome.”4b01b2ca327c2b95
Aslan grinned. Unlike me, he was c9ba709932 calm, almost teasing.afdc9032dba52779
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Lyla took a fd6de55f09 deep breath and 9fbc37ffdd looked up.272392b0c6b59cbd
The unplanned 475b9d5317 outing brought 2308be5c2c more worries 8535540a12 than expectations, f5c605982a but when ba5ff29876 she saw 2cfa2b6b7e the vast cb527c09e0 sea under 92c23ee682 the clear b25496c570 sky, admiration aaa3733aed came first.b4b8242a8939f3f4
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“Wow….”14198362048f277d
The sunlight from bb3e0d3cbd the clear sky 265008c503 reflected beautifully on 19cf05c304 the sea surface d8225cf42e as if scattering 0aa3b08394 diamonds.757c0fb3134383e6
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Walking on 27b81d04ac the finely-spread dc296e1559 white sand b83011086d of the fb01f0aad1 pristine beach 9dfb1fd0f1 was a cf169693d5 different kind 620802922a of joy.722a75c0d0654664
As the waves 498287a303 lightly lapped the 807871fd59 shore, white foam 9220827834 formed, accompanying the 1a55ce57fc gentle breeze.d98a322ef83dd125
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The children laughed c6a8753801 joyfully, their cheerful af94d22a67 laughter harmonizing with 0352baa910 the summer scenery a0e7f1932d at the seaside.94c31f3ca1430bb0
“Let’s play in the fcec4da46b water!”d6a20fb416b32084
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“I want d7bf5e76b4 to go afdd23a1da into the 80ed511994 sea.”c8f8106a86168e4c
“I want to swim!”ee61021b530d6262
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They chorused, waving d11f5d6055 the hem of 932e2e6bd9 Lyla’s skirt.03e1bacea0975edd
Lyla, with a somewhat 19237a2772 embarrassed expression, but firmly, a43d26a167 nodded her head.6d33ae52b3b5c2b9
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“I didn’t d70cc16a1f bring a 282e4cc8e3 change of 9a70e893e2 clothes today, 61ff3ef109 so we’ll 50916f498d go into a01e8764f6 the sea 9e7065c835 next time.”d5d80140df72155c
Even though it was e00e7b3cc3 summer, playing in the 504506dc44 water and wandering around e2d2060ee2 in completely soaked clothes 18d82e2675 could lead to catching cdb99bec56 a cold.0faea7df7a35ae86
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Moreover, with several 1a8f21eef7 children and only 507210048c two adults to 5acbe37c8d supervise, that was e5f3dd97ff also a concern. A major accident ff3092dc23 could happen.b613d961517d7860
For safety, they 1d06a39cc8 needed thorough preparation 30282a876c before going into 637621f2f9 the sea to ae9e9dbedb play.e54cc377cdd8c24b
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“I really want to 996a824e7c go in…”991e31760398f0bd
The children pouted, pushing 1b1b4a4cad their lips forward. However, since Lyla ab6c5c18c2 maintained a firm 8b7ddc8078 attitude, they quickly aeeafb5e24 gave up.8a2d2d5619765264
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The kids b2121ba845 were quick d13982b542 to cheer c8a059b71a up. As if f70263626d never disappointed, c5b55f9fb8 they started 6be860ea91 playing again.68f9a6f646a7d48b
“Let’s play tag!”dc8016c04ce7380c
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“No, the teacher 8fd9ec425f is going to a055cb3e30 build sandcastles with 951f0cd1f6 us!”6dbc1c5883c19eb0
The children tried to 263db572d0 snatch Lyla away. Lyla, with 53972069b2 an embarrassed 9fea2405eb expression, intervened bcdeaf3ea7 in the b72fd29c16 squabbling children, 501abc284a who were d7d15edcd5 holding her b4dcc2ac49 legs. She took d46e9e9479 turns playing a3ab2306b6 with them, 4e20f6fd8d mediating.09fa3b6bb323abd1
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Aslan helped, too. The energetic boys were 51a2b03093 hard for Lyla to 52bef359bc deal with, but Aslan b13c9d153e lifted them in his 1705b9a07b arms and joined in.416fd12a8d795d72
“Wow! Higher, higher, higher!”f52a9cdf3e33ed5b
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The laughter ac2c5b4d3f of the 47083f7594 boys clinging 7f38f87844 on Aslan 6eb3d81d54 echoed loudly, 2b6f3a7297 spreading far.c79b11d64e05f1d9
Lyla, who ab99b5b209 was building e850b51943 a castle cd48f72ab0 in the 47f43706bb sand with 8141dff40d the girls, 1ca1293469 glanced over 91b8390821 to see 3714e3032f Aslan grabbing 9cee6b23de the boys 525c317c55 and lifting faa5404779 them higher.4e56b1e76d45e6be
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She was surprised.c2ae732f563ee935
Aslan was good fd5c8a6740 at everything, but effbdcc668 she hadn’t expected d6979977a9 him to be 9ed3471792 so good with 43bb2fb5ef children.07db792f92a45a8f
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He didn’t eaa2189f39 seem to c4cb3c3c9e be used 07eccb5e6e to this, 3510d3e19d but he 2591200b30 was playing 1a5796ceb4 with them 79cb57c55a with great 91d0376d82 enthusiasm.7a6e370a857976f2
The children responded c5f494cad1 well to him. She could tell dfacd99bab by the way b02d0c9a6f they kept hovering 1470f491c5 around him with 215a18326a smiling faces.d01d09d4191a7b5a
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Watching this, she 15afa837db realized that Aslan 18dfafb1cc would make a b153eba0f1 great father.7d45b64e01acb9c0