This is the RECAP of the events that was posted as a separate chap in the original version .

Here I just used the SS feeling tired to type it all again .

Sorry guys 😉

85 chaps varaikum write panna book eh report panra alavuku vanmam pudicha ( psychopaths honestly ) makkala adaiyaalam kaatina , WP ku oru periya Nanri 🙏

SANJALANGAL

Hyderabad:

Rajiamma had still not returned. It would take another whole week for her to come back home.

It wouldn't have bothered Mullai if things had been unaltered.

But now?

Her whole life was perturbed.

Just like a pellet had struck right into a calm sweet beehive ,her life was shattered to pieces.

Atleast for her !!!

That deep calm yet ferocious voice....was still thundering in her ears ..

llama ponnavana pathi ini nenachu kooda paakatha !!

Awan thirumbi vara maatan !!

Vitru !!!

That was an order !l!!

But how was it even possible to forget everything?

Again her mind fluttered back to their conversations on that day.

Was it even a conversation in the first place ?

Whatever he spoke,no ,roared were just orders!!

Nothing but orders!!!

But the reality hit her hard !!

Was it even possible?

Ironically, her fear during the Ramoji film city visit flashed in her mind.

Their funny talks about Bahubali and Balvaldevan.

What an irony?

How much happily they roamed in the whole day in that place !!!

Memories !!!

She let out a sad hurt smile.

The big empty house seemed to scare her.

She went down to the kitchen, the cook had made a simple meal and ate .

Simply staring at the ceiling and starving herself is not going to work out any good.

It was simply waste of time and health.

She didn't know when her father would get to know about this whole issue.

Whilst he is abroad or after returning ???

Who knows ?

And now,

Instead of brooding,she decided to muster up her lost self and think properly.

A confused and exhausted mind isn't of any use.

After a lonely lunch, she went down to the small office room downstairs where she met him first.

The place where she met the love of her life .

The place where she met the worst of her life .

The place which just changed everything in a snap of fingers time .

For a second it appeared Karthiban was standing right in front smiling warm and serene at her.

His eyes .
.
Always caged behind his spectacles, she felt they had the warmth and divinity of oil lit diyas at temples.

She herself had mentioned it to him ,many times.

Mullai: Karthi !!

Karthiban: Hmm?

Mullai: Nee yen epo paaru specs potutae eruka ?

Karthiban: What ? Why it's bothering you so much...hestopped at her stare. What?

Mullai: Tamil !!

Karthiban :Oops. Even the twitching of his brows were delightful for her to watch. Maranthuten. Yethuku specs
pathi ipo?

Mullai: Unoda eyes. Romba alaga eruku. Nee paakum bothu,oru glow therithu..

Karthiban: Glow?

Mullai: Aama. Hm...enna solrathu ..hm...Karthigai ku deepam vaipoom la ?
Athae maathri ...antha vilakulla oru
vithama...yepadi solrathu ?

She thought hard to put it in
words .Then pouted and said ,
" Amaithiya,nirmalama,oru alatal illama olli veesum..antha vilaku.Karthigai theepam !!!"
Athae maathri than unoda eyes oda reflection num.

Karthiban: Evlo research ah panna?

Mullai: Aamam .Hey ,Karthi ..paaru, naan solrathu , un peruku evlo poruthama eruku ?
Kartheeeepan !!
.
She spelled his name with a stress and smiled.

Karthiban:Chuckled.

Mullai: Hmm...after marriage,nee Lasik panniko. Intha specs vendaam. I don't like them.

Karthiban: Done dear !!
He smiled.

She smiled back again looking at those calm glowing eyes
of his.

As she was looking, slowly the glowing eyes faded
away ..his face dissapeared !!

Instead there appeared a perfectly sculpted face which bore no knowledge about how to smile.

This face didn't glow warmly.

Instead it burned intensely  with the wrath of the fiery mid noon SUN .

This set of eyes we'rent just beautiful.

They were sharp , shining bright .

They were piercing deep into her  soul.

Not an ounce of warmth was seen in those eyes.

They burned as a pair of fiery golden balls .

Kathir !!!

Again her body shook !!

Even in such dismair she couldn't help herself thinking about how his name perfectly suited the fire in eyes.

The fiery Sun !!

Perfect name!!

She shuddered as she got reminded of everything he spoke the other day.

Tears pricked.

Wasn't there any way out to get back her love?

The sweet soft Karthiban !

Was he really lost as this supposedly new cousin of hers' claimed ??

She closed her eyes...slowly drifting into a disturbed slumber .

Karthi ....yen da tholanchu pona?

Dhidineernu onum illama karanchu poitiyaae da ,

Sarkarai nilavaae ,

En kanavaae ,

Kaanum bothaae karainthaaiyaae ,

Nimathi illai _

Yen illai ?

Nee illaiyaae !!!

Nee enaku thirumba kekaikanum.

Enoda sonthamanavan nee  _  thirumba kedaipiya ?

The love struck heart yearned.

Love struck?

Was she ?

Honestly she didn't know it now.

But believed to be so .

Though she knew him and everything about him was known to her only for a small period of time.

It was a pakka arranged wedding honestly.

And she instantly fell in love with him or more appropriately ,fit him instantly in the frame of her life partner , the second ,he was introduced to her by her dad .

Still...

Well she knew everything about him now.

So, what"s the big deal ?

But to forget him ?

As Kathir had ordered her to do so ?

How was she supposed to react now?

Go in search of him ?

Or

Go in the search of the answers at Avinashi ?

She spent the rest of the day in confusion.

She didn't utter a word to Rajiamma or Murugan who had called her .

Infact the calm normal tone of Murugan suprised as well
as scared her.

Midhulla accepted to come over to her house that night ,  as the previous time , Mullai went to her place.

It was their routine to alternate.

So, Rajiamma was relaxed with it and didn't bother her much with questions.

And much much to her dismay Rajiamma came up with
a new information that Karthiban had called her up the other day ,in mid-afternoon with the news of him,
needing to return to Chennai,at the earliest.

Mullai felt sick suddenly.

Why didn't she think of it ?

Her head spinned again .

Mullai: Rajima,oru nimisham ..

Raji: Solluda.

Mullai: Appaku, Pollachi thana sontha ooru ?.

Raji.:

Mullai: Raji ma?

Raji: Yen ma ipo kekra?

Mullai:Ah.athu ..Haan,Midhukum marriage fix aagirukula awanga veetla, athuku yetho oor saamiya
than kumbidannu, TN la ,awanga appa oda sontha ooruku poorangalaam.
Athan,
Nammalum appa ooruku poganum la ?
Pollachi thana appa sontha ooru .
Karthi kum anga thana?

Rajiamma: Oh ...Veetu saamiku padaiyal podanum than.
Athu,Murugan vantha pinnadi paathukalaam.
Hmm...apo polaam.

Mullai: Pollachi ku thana?

Rajiamma: llada. Avinashi ku. Coimbatore pakkathulla.
Athan sontha ooru.

Mullai: hmm..it was a shock to Mullai

So whatever Kathir said was true.

Hehadn't lied in that.

But?

Rajiamma : Karthiku Pollachi than. Aana,ipo Chennai la
thana erukaan . Anga yaarum illa.

Mullai: Sari Haan ....Enna soninga ? Karthi ipo enga
erukaarnu?

Rajima: Chennai la than ma. Yen da ?

Mullai: What ? Epo ..epo call pannaru ma ?

Rajima:Oru rendu moonu naal munadi, mathyam erukum. Yen ma?

Mullai: Onum ...onum illa ma. Vaikren.

SoKathir had been right in everything he told.

She thought of all what he had told her.

Though she was ebbing in anger and self-pity she could not help herself appreciating him.

She once again got reminded of his words.

He had spoken facts.

Everything had been true ..except..well !!.

After getting cleared with few more facts from Rajiamma,she felt he was tough, very very much tough
than she had imagined.

She had to forget about convincing him in getting back Karthi.

Not even anyone for that matter she felt.

He was the toughest.

*****************
Coimbatore:

Kovai medical centre_ICU:

It had been a tough day.

Still he was entitled in the danger list.

His condition was wavering that sent all the specialists speeding on their toes.

Intially ,they didn't know him.

But things got changed ,once his well wisher from Avinashi had showed up.

The medical team allocated specially to attend him were doing their level best.

And worked their heart and lungs out day and night.

He hadn't yet crossed the cut_off time.

A solid of two days had to pass, for his condition to stabilize.

That worried them as well his well-wisher.

He was still unconscious.

HE ?

Deep down , very deep down inside his memory lane..

He fluttered open ..nope he tried opening his eyes.

Voices were heard as usual .

He couldn't respond.

Suddenly he felt himself in a dry humid environment.

As he tried and looked, he saw he was alone, walking lonely alongst a scorching, hot desert.

The heat hit him hard.

His throat felt parched.

Not a sign of life was seen around.

He seem to be deserted in that vast ,dry ,hot desert.

As whilst walking ,he felt all his energy was being sucked out, little by little ,harder and harder.

The minute he thought he is going to pop off in the middle of that dry desert, a pair of bright twinkling
diamond orbs appeared and shone even in that well lit desert.

The twinkles seemed to approach him a bit ,and before he could reach for it ,it seemed to dissapear and appear in another place.

It repeated the play on and on.

Appearing and disappearing...here and there .

It seemed to take form and smile.

Was it someone?

His guiding angel?

With drying parched throat, the scorching heat throbbing
his head as hell , eyes diminishing in vision, limbs getting liquiefyed and weakening in minutes ,he found her as his oasis in that vast dense lonely desert.

Mustering up himself he hurried himself in whichever direction the orbs flickered.

Yethanalum oru naalum maraiyaatha paasamoo ?

Adi neeyaae baliyaaga varukinra penmaiyoo ?

Un vizhiyil pookum oru Punithamaana _ Banthamoo ?

Here and there, he hovered somehow, following the orbs, without succumbing, leaving his attender and team in distress.

*************

That night,with Midhulla sleeping beside her Mullai tossed and tossed innumerable times without getting
sleep .
And finally she slept after a long time only to wake up yet with another nostalgic moment.

The day they went to the Salar Jung Museum .

The moment they looked at each other ,as the little toy man,popped out from his enclosure in the famous
English Bracket clock.

As the toy man struck the clock ,indicating the start of the
next hour, they both smiled.

And,

What did she see?

She panicked and was profusely sweating on waking up from the dream.

Nope this isn't going to work out.

She is never ever going to forget him in this life time .

She thought for long .

Then,

Decided..

To pursue her journey !!

Wherever it's going to lead her to!!