Mullai : Panam ....sothu mela aasapadravala !!!

She didn't expect such an accusation from him .

It was utter nonsense .

She hadn't even thought in those lines , in fact she was really and hesitant intially to accept this proposal only because of his wealth .

But why does he throw such an accusation ?

So harsh and rude !!!

Even whilst telling her he wasn't interested in this marriage and  pacifying her  to marry someone else he wasn't this rude nor brutal in words .

Why now ?

She asked him itself .

Mullai : Ennaiya yen ipdi accuse panringa !

He was equally furious .

Kathir : Ungala vera epadi nenaika solringa madam , enaku konjam solli tharingala ?

Mullai : Ennaiya nakal panringala !

Kathir : Illa ...thooki madilla vachu konchuren !

Mullai : ....! She looked up to him with a hurt face and tears pricked eyes .

He looked straight into her eyes for sometime .

Somehow he  felt he won't be able to hold his anger for long if he continues to looke into those big wide eyes that oozed with fear and innocence .

Nope !

He shook his head and turned away _ this girl is trying to dilute the seriousness of the issue .

Just sometime back she played a double game with him and now again she is playing innocent .

He won't fall for such antics anymore _ he told himself .

Kathir : Onum theriyaatha pappa maathri nadikaatha !
Nee panninatha na avlo seekirama maraka maaten .

Mullai : Illainga. . ....athu apadi illa ,naa venumnae apdi pannala .
Panathukaaga sathyama pannala !

Kathir : uff ! C' mon ...apo vera enna reason ?
Naan than unakoo ,un amma appavukoo awamanam varatha maathri oru alternate solution sonnenla ?
But athaiyum meeri ....enaku intha kalyanathulla konjamum ishtam illainu nalla therinchum , anga vanthu nee thaatha MN declare pannina !!
Athuku enna ma kaaranam ?
En mela .... cienma la vara maathri ,kandathum karai purandu pora alavuku kathal ..keethal vanthruchoo !

Mullai : MV : Kadavulae .... oru vagaila Iwanga solrathu thana unmai .
Ennala vera yaaraiyum husband ah  accept pannika mudiyaama thana ,naan maathi pesinen.
Ana ipdi pesuravar kitta atha epadi open ah solrathu .

Her self respect shut her mouth tight.

If he too had reciprocated similar feelings towards her she would have perhaps opened up .

But what to say to a person who was blinded with so much arrogance as well anger on her .

Not to forget that damn attitude of his !!!

She didn't express an ounce of her liking towards him .

As well she wondered at the same time what was that magnetic kind of attraction he had cast over her ,that was pulling her towards him even after hearing him throw acidic words at her .

Seeing her face and as if reading her mind more or less correct he spoke somehwhat level headed but still in a strict angry tone .

Kathir : Look I do accept what you must have gone through .
Annaiku ennaiya than ,unoda fiancee nu solli ,unnaiya en mama en office ku varavalachu erupaar .
Neeyum antha yennathulla than vanthrupa , I do agree !
But ...
Later ?
Enaku intha marriage la ishtam illainu therincha piragum athaiyae nee pudichu thonganumnu enna awasiyam ?
Namma rendu perum antha oru naal mattum thana meet pannikitoom .
And it was just a formal talk .
Naan onum annaiku unkitta flirt pannalayaae ?
Sari atha vidu ......nee un mind la ennaiya fix pannikitaanae vachupoom!
Naan nethi night Avlo yeduthu sonnen la ? Enkitta ok sonna thana ?
Apuram anga poi maathi pesina , unnaiya ennanu solrathu .

Mullai : Ila....naan nenachatha sonna ... ungalku puriyum.
.

Kathir : Wait , naan inum mudikala !
If you are going to say that you were not able to accept someone else than me  , I have a question for you , he said in a cruel tone that somewhat sent her bad vibes ,

Mullai : Enathu ?

Kathir : Our acquaintance was for just one day .
Avlo than ... nothing more !
Nadavulla one month gap .
Then the wedding day came .
Intha one month la enaku yethachum nadanthruntha ...,illa ....naan thirumbi vantha flight la nu ....enaku  yethachum unfortunate ah nadanthu eruntha ?
I mean naan illama poiruntha , apo enna panniruppa .
Vera yaaraiyaachum marriage pannirupa thana ?

It took sometime for her for those poison dipped dangerous words to sink in her heart .

Once she realised what they implied she cried out unable to take the cruelty in his words .

Ofcourse he meant his ownself only ,

But ...even to think of something like that was beyond her imagination .

Mullai : Aiyo ...amma , acho .....she eased her chest as if something of the sort really happened .
Ipdilaam epadi pesa mudiyuthu ?
Illama poiruntha va ....kadavullae ,athu enna vaarthai .
Apdilaam nadakaathu ....she shut both her ears not wanting to hear it again .

Kathir was in a turmoil . He was boiling with agony and a sense of being defeated .....that retaliated in his words .

Kathir : Nadakaathu ? He said with a sort of bitterness in his tone . Nadanthuchu !
Enaku nadanthuchaae ! 
Enoda moonu vaayasulla ....orae flight , one day ....I lost both my parents .
Aana anaiku antha yelappu enaku therila .
Nethi  varaikum antha loss theriyaama than erunthen .
But now I feel.......oru vella en amma erunthruntha naan ipdi oru handicapped situation la maatiruka maatenu .
Enoda feelings purinchu ,athuku mathipu koduthu .... athuku yetha maathri en life eh amachuka nichiyama help pannirupaanga .
Ipdi , enoda virupam ennanu theriyaamaiyaae, yellar munadiyum ninnu answer panna vendiya kattayam enaku vanthrukaathu !!!

He started with something and ended off with something else .

Mullai was dumbfounded .

She didn't know what or how to react to him .

For sure he was a  tough guy  to understand . 

Kathir : You know what ? I feel like an orphan now !
Nenaikrathu enna ....unmai athu than , am an orphan !
Damn ....Bloody rich orphan !
That's the only difference .

Mullai felt bad for him as well as his family .

They had really taken pains and cared for his good will only .

Otherwise there wasn't any need for them to do all this .

Mullai thought he was exaggerating things _

He had totally miss understood their intentions .

In an attempt to make him understand she said softly ,

Mullai : Awanga laam unga nallathuku kaaga thana paathu paathu seyyuranga .
Atha ....atha....ninge yen vera maathri yosikringa ?
Ungalkaaga thana.......

Kathir : Enakaaga what ?
En family pathi enakae class yedukriya !

(AN : Aathadi , loosa Iwan ! Ipdiyum pesuraan...apdiyum pesuraan )

Poor Mullai blinked not knowing what to say more .

Kathir : See ipo atha vidu . Enakum ,en familykum aayiram erukum .
But nee yen ipdi sencha ?
Naan vendaamu solliyum yen panna ,

His tone softened a little that encouraged her to open up a little .

She didn't say that it was mainly because she liked him for reasons unknown .

She wasn't willing to get another dose from him .

Instead she said ,

Mullai : Ungalku theriyaama yerpaadu pannitanga ngra kovathulla ninhe erunthinga .
Athu ....antha nerathulla ,yaara erunthalum kovam vara thana seyyum?
But apurama vakanthu yosicha , ungalku awanga mela ulla kovam poidum , ninge awangala purinchukivinga ...:
Athu .... athukaaga yen kalyaanatha niruthanumum nu than .....naan samatham sonnen !

Somehow she managed to pick words and framed them , explaining her stand_ only to receive the deadly shocker he threw back !

Kathir : What ? Awanga pannatha naan purinchikuvenu nenachiya .
Enaku nallathu pannitya ?
Are you mad ?
Thella thelliva naan enaku intha marriage la ishtam illainu sollitu eruken , nee inum athae pallaviya paaditu eruka .

Mullai really didn't understand him . Till then she was under the impression that he is angry because of his family .

But ,

Not giving her much time to yhink further he broke the ice .

Mullai : Apadina ?

Kathir : Oh gosh ! Apadina ....enaku unnaiya kalyaanam pannika pidikalainu  illainu artham .
Yosika maatiya nee ?
Enna than awanga foul play pannirunthaalum , enaku unnaiya pidichu  poiruntha naan yen ivlo pidivaathama refuse panna poren !

Mullai : Apadina ? She asked again ,
with trembling lips .

Kathir : Apadina .... Apadina ,it's not you !
I have someone else in my mind nu meaning .
Naan kalyaanam pannika nenacha ponnu nee illai nu artham !

The dagger pierced her heart straight .

Tears brimmed on hearing those words .

I have someone else in my mind !!!

Why did nt  she even imagine something of this sort .

Especially even after seeing him stay so stubborn and refuse the marriage .

So it's not only anger against his family .

It's ....it's this ...

This reason !

That " someone " is the main reason ....

Gosh !

It was hurting Mullai to even think that her husband was fond of some one else .

But if it had been a very serious affair , wouldn't his family accepted it for good ?

Or wouldn't have he declared in front of everyone ?

Nothing of the sort had happened .

So with some hope again ,she asked ,

Mullai : Yen ?

Kathir : Enna yen ?

Mullai : Ennaiya  yen unga wife ah nenaika mudillanu solringa ?
She managed to ask him straight on face ....as if she hadnt heard mention about that some else .

Kathir : Because en expectations vera !

Mullai : MV : Manaangatti !!!
She scolded him for the first time ever ....then standing tall for her whole height she asked him boldly ,
Unga expectations ennanu theriyaathu , but ....naan enaikum ennaiya koraiva nenachathu kedaiyaathu .
Naanum padichu eruken , paakavum naan onum asingam kedaiyaathu _ nalla than eruken !

She announced high in a clear tone with a baby face looking straight at him .

A twinkle appeared in Kathir s eyes and even before she could notice it not he could realise it ,it vanished just like that.

Somehow he couldn't reply as curt as before to that tone of hers.

Kathir ::Well ....naan illainu sollala ....he didn't fail to notice the streak of hope that immediate appeared in her face . Noticing it he retorted back to that steel tone of his , But ...he said firmly , my expectations are different and you don't fit into it .
And more than that I really had someone  one else in mind !
Well ...it's not a "had" ...it's still a " have"he cruelly said it much much wantedly , knowing very well it will hurt her .
You will never ever fit into it !
He declared with absolute vengeance .

He was experiencing a feeling of being defeated and  deceived by this small innocent looking girl .

Hardly , 23 yrs old ....she made him believe as if to accept his offer and then deceived him in front of the whole family .

That rage made him say so !!!

But , ironically if anyone had asked him at that exact moment , who was that "someone else in his mind"  ,he would have for sure blinked blank _  Because for reasons unknown Pragya didn't even spring up to his memory then .

All he wanted then ,was to hurt the girl ....in front of him ,his unwanted wife .

She had tricked him into believing his word and had toppled the table just like that .

Now he wanted to give her back _ honestly nothing else was in his mind then .

But ,

Mullai !

She received a severe blow in her heart .

She looked at him with painful eyes .

She hadn't expected this strangely .

Somehow she still couldn't connect him with some other woman .

There was this sense of him being her own belonging , since the day she saw him .

Why didn't she even think once that another woman might be the reason for his firm refusal of this marriage ?

With someone else in his heart how could she even believe that things would change slowly and he will understand her affection for him .

The fact that she believed firmly from morning till now was shattered .

Who was she ?

She didn't hesitate to ask him too ,

Mullai : Yaar awanga ?

Was there a tinge of longing in her question .

He answered sternly ,

Kathir : Atha ipo therinchu nee enna panna pora ?

Sarcasm again 

But he too wasn't happy on seeing her tormented look .

Something was disturbing him too .

His plans for future were all down to pieces .

For the first time in life he stood not knowing what to do !!!

He couldn't still think of this girl as his wife .

But before her word,he did possess a soft corner for her and was even angry with his family for having unnecessarily kindled a young girl with expectectations .

Till then there was no fault on her side .

But ,once after him explaining his stand and even promising  her a secured alternate life , she did deceive him .

He will never forgive her for that !!!

That was the only thing that was constantly ruining his thoughts .

He wantedly hurted her with words .

Mullai : ....

Kathir : Enna pesama eruka ?

Mullai : naan ...naan itha yethirpaakala !

Kathir : Wow ...what an answer . Well who cares about it now ?
Unaku vendiyathu than nadanthruchae .
Apuram ennama unaku ?
Ipo antha kathaiya post mortem panni ,enna saathika pora ?

Mullai : Purila ....ennaku enna venumnu ungalku epadi therriyum ?

She too hissed back with sudden anger and frustrations ,

He retaliated furiously ,

Kathir : yeei .......unnaiya !

In a second he neared her and grabbed her forcefully staring as hell into her eyes .

His very look and voice threatened her .

Kathir : Onumaae theriyaatha maathri nadikaatha di .... sorry sorry , Nadikaathinga Mrs. Kathir !

Mullai : Naan onum aalaiyala ....

Kathir : Is it ? Apuram yen ma kaalaila , iwangala than kattikuven sathya pramanam panninha ?
Athuvum naan vendaamnu solliyum .

He came back again to that point itself .

Mullai was really tired of hearing it again and again.

But ,

Before she had a confidence that made her approach him with patience , she was composed then .

Now that someone else made her loose her temper and she was irritated with her own foolishness .

After all she didn't want some other woman' s man !!!

And here he was , accusing her that she was after his wealth .

At the same time , Kathir too was worn out .

Of course he was a proud peacock and did possess an arrogant attitude .

But deep in heart he did possess some virtues and principles .

After all he wasn't evil .

Moreover there was a small aching parentless child in him yearning for comfort and love , but deep hidden somewhere inside his Ruthless nature .

He himself hadn't recognised that till now .

With bitterness and fury he pushed her down to the bed and said in deep ,stern voice .

Kathir : Look .... whatever has happened has happened !
Fine ...
Enala atha onum seyya mudila , nadanthatha maathavum mudiyaathu !
Well ....you win in that !
Nee yethukaaga ennaiya kalyaanam pannikittiyoo athu unaku inga thaaralamavae kedaikum ....he paused for long and continued , ennaiya thavira !!
You have all rights in this household except Me !!
Enkitta nee nerunga kooda mudiyaathu !
Don't ever even think about it .
Well ....

Mullai : ....She looked up witth tears in her eyes ...all she wanted was him not his wealth .

He was declaring the exact opposite .

Kathir : Then ....well , what I said is true !!
But athu yaaru ennanu unaku solla vendiya awasiyam enaku illa .
And one more thing ,nalla kettukoo .....I do have my own principles and rules .
Atha meeri , thirututhanama oru life vaalrethelaam enaku than asingam .
Naan atha panna maaten _ at any cost , I won't let my dignity down!
Rather I ll stay single ....for the whole of my life ! !
So ....he again stopped and looked at her , and said ,

Kathir : So ....NEEYUM ....NAANUM , ennaikumaae strangers than. 
For life !

Mullai s heart sank with a thud not knowing what to do next when he uttered those words ,

Kathir :Ivlo periya family suthi erunthum., Epovumae enaku appa ,amma illaingrathu mattum enakulla thonitaae erukum !!!
Inimel antha list la , enakunu oru " wife " ... "kolanthai ", apdingrathum illainu nenachutu poren !!!
Grab yourself some sleep !!!

Saying so he left abruptly leaving Mullai alone .

It was on hearing those final words of his , Mullai took that drastic decision !!!

NEEYUM ....NAANUM !!!