Mullai locked the door and sat on the bed..
She is feeling little better after spending time with her father..
The continuous tears has gone for now...

She smiles to herself thinking what all her dad shared about her husband and how satisfied he is with her husband...
She is sure though she cried a lot today, her father would be happy only....

When she was immersed in her thoughts, Phone rang and stopped with a single ring...

She picked up the phone and saw its her husband ...

M : yen kupitutu cut panitagha...

After the seeing her dad, she wished to see kathir...
But she know its not possible as saravanan has come and taken lunch for everyone... Atleast to hear his voice, she called back..

Kathir picked the call in single ring...

M : hello enga kupiteghala...

K : thungitu irupiyo nu tha miss call kuduthen .. mulichu iruntha thirumba kupiduve nu...

That love of not disturbing even her sleep made her go crazy on him..

M mindvoice : ivugha irukaghale... intha madhiri paasatha kamichu tha namala ipadi mayaki vechurukagha...

K : ei...

M : illanga thungala... solungha...

K : sari.. thalai vali epadi iruku...

M : inum irukunga.. ipo konja neram thungina sari agidum...

She really felt bad lying to her husband.. But she cant help it this time...

K : sari sari... sapitiya...

M : sapiten nga... enga appa vanthuruntharu ipo ena paaka....

K : oh sari... ( pause) nalla irukara... unga amma ku udambu paravalaiya....

Mullai's vision blured... She remembered what her father said about his son in law's respect and care towards them....

K : ei ena achu...

M : onum illanga... rendu perum nalla irukanga...

K : hmm sari paathuko... poi thungu... na vekatuma....

M : enga...

K : hmmm....

M : neenga sapitengala...

K : illa ipo tha elarum sapida ukanthanga.. na unkita pesitu sapida polam nu vanthen..

M : saringa poi sapidunga...

K : hmm.. ne velai seiyaren nu ethaiyavathu urutitu irukathu... phone ah nondathe.. nalla thungu....

M : ( with tears) sari nga

Kathir had cut the call...

M : intha alugai onnu...ethuku varuthu ne theriyala... vanthute iruku... alagathe de mullai... intha alugaiyala oru priyojanamum illa...

She wanted to see her husband immediately...
Wanted to know inspite of having so much love why did he avoid her..
Why he feels she dont like him.. What is that stopping him coming to her...
But yes she had to wait for the time to get answers for all these...

She just got up from bed, went to the wardrobe, took her favorite blue tee of kathir, wore it on her and lied down on the bed....
It was the tee he was wearing on that night....
That night he said he dont like her but actually he thought she dont like him...
It felt like she is hugging him tight...
She could feel his smell in the tee....
It gave her a feeling of coziness....

She started revisiting the day one by one...
Even now she could not control herself crying...

M mindvoice: adiye intha alugai ah niruthi tholai... ipadiye aluthutu iruntha valkai full ah aluga vendiyathu than...yosika kuda mudiyaathu...

Controlled herself and She started thinking again...

M : aniki mathiyanam kadai ku ponaru... apuram saintharam oru 4 5 maniki na call panen.. appo nala tha pesinaru... appuram kudichitu vantharu.. naduvula ena nadanthurukum....

Yaravathu ena pathi thapa solirupaghala...
Cha apadi soliruntha avugha kandipa nambi iruka matagha...
Sonavaghala chummavum vituruka mattagha..
Epadiyum namaku vishayam therinjurukum....
Athunala Apadi irukathu...

She remembered she enquiring with jeeva, kanna about him... Calling him again and again...

She remembered what kumaresan told...

"illaye aniki kadai la irunthu avan sikiram vanthutan... saintharam unaku alwa elam vangitu una paaka vanthan... apo tha ne apdi sone nu soli aluthan..."

So he had come home in the evening itself...
But she didnt see him...
But By that time she told she doesnt like him...
How is it possible...

"avan padikala...
Nalla dress panrathu illaa...
Yarodaiyum pesarathu illaa..
Sirikarathu illaa...
Unaku pidicha madhiri purushan avan illa...."

Suddenly mullai felt she cracked the puzzle..
Yes these were the words she was telling to Kanna's question regarding how much she likes him...

M : appo avugha atha kettutu tha apadi nenachaghala.... aana athelam appo... ipo pidikum nu sonane...
Oru velai mudhala sonatha matum ketutu varuthapattu veliya poirupaghalo...

Ipadi tha irukuma... illa nama konjam karpanai panaroma...

Yaravathu pesaratha paathila ketutu povaghala.. athum avangalaa pathi pesaratha....mulusa kekanum nu thonatha...

Illa kumaresan appa sonathelam vechu paatha ipadi than irukum...

Mullai started thinking all those possibilities of misunderstanding and finally she came to a conclusion that those words are the catalyst for everything...

Somehow mullai got angry on the thought that he mistook her words...

M : athu epadi avugha thapa nenaikalam...
Na paakarathu, panrathu, pesarathu, palagarathu ithelam vechu ivughaluku puriyalaiya enaku avughala pidikum nu...

Chuma solrathu matum soluvagha.. ethaiyum sola kudathu ...purinjukanum nu... ipo purinjuka vendiyathu than eh....

M mindvoice : appo unaku matum puriyatha.. avugha epadi pakaragha , pesaragha , palagharagha, paathukaragha elam... ne en avughala thapa nenacha.. ne than eh amma veetuku poren nu sone...avugha mela iruka yela thapum unmela yum iruku...

M : aama correct than( smiles to herself sheepishly)

Ena madhiri oru loosunga nanga rendu perum... rendu perukum pidichirundhum ipadi oru velai panirukom...
Cha evalo kashtam evalo alughai...

Ithula kudichitu vera varagha... athena etha oru prachanai na udane kudikanuma...

Mudhala oru thadavai prachanai vanthapavum kudichagha... ipavum kudichagha...
Ooru ulagathula purushan pondatti kula sandai eh varathama..
athuku oru oru thadavaiyum kudikanuma...
Varatum pesikaren iniki....

Though she was continously thinking and blabbering something like this, Mullai realised something pricking like thorn in her heart...
Something that she feels will not get right even if she confront her husband on this issue...

Aimlessly she was rolling her eyes in the room and it stopped rolling on her photo framed by him and remembered the conversation between them....

M : enga rendu perthum frame panirukalam illaa.. enodathu matum en panenga....

K : na ethuku... na oru uppu puli molaga....

Mullai suddenly got up from the bed...
She understood whats pricking her deep within...
She understood what kumaresan appa meant about old kathir and new kathir...

"oru thalvunarchi la kuni kurugi poitan"

"avanaiye tholachutu nikaran"

"Avanoda thairiyam,gambiram,uruthi, thannambikai,gethu elam pochu...."

"Ne vantha.... elam pochu...
Athe paiyan iniki,
enkita onume illa...
Padippu illaa..
Nagarikam illaa...
En mela elam masala vasanai...
Ena yarukum pidikathu..
nu oru thalvunarchi la kuni kurugi poitan..."

K : na oru uppu puli molaga.. na ethuku...

D: ena de pana enga kathir ah....

Mullai felt like something hard is been put on her head....

Yes in the process of changing kathirvelan to mullai's kathir, the original kathir is lost....

Completely lost...