K : ivalo than nadanthuchu... yellam unakaga than....

M : appo na nenacha madhiri intha rendu naala enkita sonathu yetho onnu rendu poi illaa... mothama yelame poi than... illaa....

K : sorry de...

M : sorry aam sorry... pesatheya...
Appo enaku doubt vanthathu sari than... arambathula irunthu enaku yenamo na miss panra feel irunthute irunthuchu... ipo than yelame sari ah puriyuthu.......

K : yena puriyuthu...

M : anniki group chat la suji ka samayal ah kindal panum bothu sankar mama ungala ketaru ilaa.. ungaluku theriyatha nu....
Enaku appove thonichu yena unga kita kekararu nu... apuram yetho love pathi pesavum sari munnadi yetho nadanthurukum pola nu nenachen...

K : aama athu ithu than...

M : anniki amma ashtami navami mudinju college ponga nu sonathu intha prachanai mudiyatum nu than pola illaa...

K : apadiya...

M : theriyatha madhiri nadikaathega....
enaku theriyum aniki ashtami navami eh ilaa... na manju ka koil la pongal vekka nalla neram pakkanum nu sonapo calendar la paathen...appove kulapama irunthuchu ashtami navami eh illaa yen ipadi sonanganu... ungakita solalam na neenga athuku appuram pesave illaa sari ah....

K : na rendu naal kalichu college polam nu nenachathu intha prachanai pathi than... aana athaiyum apadi nenechanganu enaku nijama theriyathu... nanga atha pathi pesikala...

M : oh ho... appurama en appa amma kita apadi oru change... phone pesaratha cool ah eduthukaranga.. veliya thaniya anupi vekaranga... yellam intha prachanai la neenga close aanathuku apuram than illa...

K : irukalam...

M : yena irukalam....ithuvum ungaluku theriyatha...

K : apadi illaa...

M : na apavum unga kita ketten illaa...bayangara change avanga kita yenava irukum nu... athuku bathil sonengala...

K : vidu de... pls...yen ipadi kelvi mela kelvi kekare....

M : neenga poi mela poi sonegha illa...athan ipo na kelvi mela kelvi kekaren....

K : sari kelu....

M : inum moonjiya nalla paavama vechukonga... romba nalla iruku....

K (smiling) : nalla iruka....

M : pecha mathathegha....

K : sari na pesala....ne pesu....

He folded his hands across his chest and gestured her to speak....

M : ithuku onum korachal illaaa...

na yenamo anniki swarna sonathuku chumma poi naalu thiti thititu vanthurupenga, athuku mama ungaluku company pola nu nenachen... aana ivalo nadanthuruku... ivalo perku therinjuruku... ungaluku, appa, amma, swarna, akka, mama, rajesh annaku aana oruthar kuda enkita moochu vidala....

Mukkiyama neenga...

Yethana poi... Yena frauduthanam... (glaring at him)

K : nan than sorry soliten ilaa...

M : neengalum unga sorry um...
Vandiya yedunga polam.... na inime unga kuda pesaratha illaa..

K : athellam ipadi sandai potutu pesama iruntha vandi kelambathu....

M : unga vandila mattum vitha vithama prachanai varume.. enaku theriyaathakum....

K : theriyum illa...appuram yena...

Oi...aama...itha keka maranthuten... nanga yarume solalaina yepadi theriyum unaku... athum sankar anne kuda iruntharu nu sariya solre.... aana konja nerathuku munnadi yenna nadanthuchu nu theriyathu, na than solanum nu sonne ...

M : yepadi theriyum... neengale solunga papom.....

K : arjun.?? Aana ne than call yelam attend pana mattiye... panalum cut paniduve... msg panana???

( Mullai's answer for kathir's question will not be a conversation again because it cant explain as much as it can than the situation itself)

DAY 4...

This is the day when mullai and family left to temple for puja along with dheena, manju and others when kathir was in trichy... Mullai had kept her phone in car as there was no chance of kathir calling or messaging....
Post temple visit and puja , they came back to their farm.....
They had their lunch, spent some quality time there....

Man : ei... edutha photos elam group la anupu de...

M : sari ka...

Mullai switched on mobile data..

There was a message from kathir by 2.00 PM...

K msg : velai mudinjuthu... kelambitten.... call pana mudinja panu....

M mindvoice : acho moonu mani achu.. oru mani neram pakalaiye...

She called up kathir, spoke for sometime and had cut the call happilly started waiting for him to come home to meet dheena and manju...

(The chat is a the same as in the part The missing game over)

When she opened whatsapp again to send pictures to manju and found a message from a unknown number with profile picture of a couple....

Msg : Hi mullai... This is arthi... Im ur sister sujitha's school friend... i called you many times but unfortunately you didnt attend my call... please can call me back when you see this message...

I sent a picture of me with suji taken in school days just for u to remember...

Mullai opened the picture and found suji with the same person in dp and some more in school uniform... She didnt remember anyone except two close friends of suji....

M mindvoice : suji ka friend enaku yethuku kupida solli msg panranga.. akka mama vera varen nu solitu varala... yetha prachanai ah irukuma...athuku than ivanga kupidarangalo...

She thought about it a for a while and decided to call back...

Ar : Hello...

M : Hello arthi ka....

Ar : aama ma... mullai???

M : aama ka... sollunga... msg panirunthiyale... sorry konjam veliya irunthen... phone pakala...

Ar : aama ma...ilaa paravala... sorry disturb paniten...

M : acho apadi yellam yethum illa ka.. paravala solunga... yena vishayam...

Ar : konjam mukkiyama pesanum ma... athan....

M : solunga ka... en number ungaluku yepadi kedaichuthu.... suji ka kuduthala...

Ar : illaa athu... na un college mate arjun oda sister... arjun than kuduthan....

Mullai suddenly felt she is trapped up in a cheap way... His name was enough to get rid of her usual sweetness....

M : velaiyadareghala neenga.. yetho en akka oda friend nu call pana yaro per yellam soli irritate panrenga... neenga mudhala phone ah...

Ar : pls ma... oru nimisham na solratha kelu...na iruntha bayathula suji oda phone number vanga maranthuten... illana suji kita pesi mudichurupen.. un varai vanthuruka matten... ipo vera vali illaa... pls soratha kelu...

After a pause...

M : sari solunga... yena pesanum....

Ar : enaku ithana naal theriyathu avan college la unna love panathu, prachanai panathu yellam... therinjuruntha yepavo avana sari panirupen.... intha alavuku vanthurukathu...

M : athelam mudinju pona vishayanga.. thirumba yethuku arambikaregha...

Ar : illaa ma... arjun appo panathu, ippo panathu elame thappu than...
inime unaku arjun aala problem irukaathu nu sola than kupiten....

M : atha neenga kupitu solanum nu avasiyam illaa.. en valiki varama irunthale pothum... anyways kupitu sonathuku thanks... vekaren....

Ar : oru nimisham mullai please.... engalala kandipa unaku entha problem um irukathu.... athuku na assurance kuduka mudiyum...

aana arjun ku???? avana nenacha enaku bayama iruku ma... avan life nalla irukanum illa.... athan unkita pesanum nu nenachen...

Mullai was in extreme annoyance.... She says he won't disturb her again and next second she speaks about her brother's life to her as if mullai is spoiling it.....

M : avan life kum enakum yenanga samantham.... avan life nalla iruka neenga yethuku enkita pesanum....avan yaaru enaku... neenga pesarathe sari illa...thayavu senju phone ah vechudunga...

Ar : illaa ma... na thappana arthathula solala... un fiancee avankita meratinatha than solren... athu than enaku bayam... mathapadi unna pathi na yethume pesala....

Mullai was confused for a second if she heard it right...

M : enaku sariya kekala... yena sonegha...

Ar : illaa.... unna pathi na ethume solala nu sonen ma....unakum arjun life kum entha samanthamum illa...
Na antha arthathula solala... aana un finacee pesinathu engaluku bayama iruku...

arjunum bayanthu poitan...
Yenathan paithiyam madhiri sila vishayangal panalum avanum chinna paiyan than eh... ipo than UG eh mudichurukan... un vayasu than avanukum.... romba chellama valanthathala avanuku neraya vishayam puriyala... life na yenane puriyala....athan prachanai... ipo purinjukitan...

Unaku arambikara madhiri, avanukum life eh ini than arambikuthu...
Unnoda fiancee ippo meratinathu madhiri yetha panitaruna avan life eh waste ah poidum....

Now mullai understood what would have been kathir's work in trichy, why did he go there, what he was upto.... She couldn't come out of that shock immediately.... Arthi took advantage of the silence and tried to convey her thoughts....

Ar : engaluku appa amma ila... nanum avanum mattum than... enaku avan thambi nu solratha vida avan paiyan nu than solanum...antha chellathula than ipadi agitan... aana inime avan kandipa un life la interfere aga mattan... athe madhiri un fiancee nadanthatha manasula vechutu entha prachanai um panama irukanum...

Avaru avalo kovama pesum bothu yenala thirumba pesa mudiyala... suji husband um kovama iruntharu... enakum arjun kita pesi silathelam puriya vekka vendi irunthuchu...bayangara shock vera... athan avar kita oru sorry kuda solala... ilana avar kitaye pesirupen....

Hello...mullai....

M : solunga...

Ar : Yenama na pesite iruken...onum sola matengare..

M : enna yena sola solregha...

Ar : un fiancee kita pesi itha ipadiye vituda sollu ma... arjun panathuku yelam na sorry ketukaren... please...

M : sorry elam venam vidunga... na pesikaren...

Ar : yethum prachanai agathe ma?? Yena avaru romba athigama pesitaru... meratitaru.... enga veetula antha madhiri elam pesinathu ilaa.. athan bayama agi....

Mullai interrupted arthi....

M : yenatha perusa pesinathu ilaa... unga veetu paiyan oda lakshanam enaku theriyatha.. avan olunga irunthuruntha ethuku intha pechu ellam nenga kekarenga... avan mela yella thappam vechutu perusa ivughala pesa vanthutegha...

Yenamo ivughaluku ipadi pesarathu, meratarathu than velai madhiri pesaregha... avaru apadi pesirukaru, meratirukaru na athuku mulu karanam unga thambi than...purinjukonga...

Ar : illaama na antha arthathula solala....

M : neenga yentha arthathulaiyum sola venam... ungala yarachum ipadi elam disturb pana unga husband yethum pesama yenna vena panitu pogatum nu porumaiya than irupara...

Ar : illaa... maataru... puriyuthu enaku....

M : athu madhiri than ithuvum... inime pesarathuku munnadi yosichu pesunga...

Ar : sorry ma... yethum manasula vechukathe... please... na arjun ah sorry sola solren...

M : oru nimisham...ennaku yarkitayum pesa yethum illa... yarum enaku sorry sola venam...
Sola vendiyatha unga kitaye solidaren....

unga thambi olunga iruka varai avanuku yentha prachanaiyum irukathu... ipadi aduthavanga kita vanthu kenjaratha vitutu avan life ah avana paaka solunga...
Athu pothum...

Ithuve neenga enaku kupidara kadaisi thadavai ah irukatum... bye...

Mullai hanged on the call in anger...

That particular moment, she was not shocked about kathir's meet with arjun or relieved about end of arjun's torturous phase....
It was just the words of arthi about kathir made her go mad...
She was fuming inside as if she degraded him....

It took her sometime to completely come out of it convincing herself that arthi spoke in fear about her brother's life.... Thats not something to be taken seriously.. She just forgot about that and came back to discussion about kathir again....

She got it that kathir had met arjun and his sister to warn him about mullai along with sankar...

But She didn't know answer for many questions...

Why didnt kathir just take Arjun issue easy???
Is it really worth to meet him???
That too Why did kathir all of a sudden go there???
Was it is just because of what her friends said him in hotel or anymore added reason to it???
Why did he take sankar with him????
What happened there???
Why it took two days to return if it was just warning???
Can such a calm and sweet person like him can sound so scary and threatening to someone???

She had a urge to call him up and enquire about this...
She knew he is driving back to kunnakudi so she didnt want to disturb him now... She thought of asking about it later when he comes home...

Inspite of deciding, she didnt like that idea of asking him...
She was so sure that he will share this with her when they get their private time...
She didnt want to embarass him by questioning....
So she just left that for now and started waiting for him to open up about this...

But it didnt happen till she confronted him.....

And Now....

Kathir could feel her staring at him...

K : yena apadi paakare...

M : hmmmm paakaragha ungala... un kuda irukum bothu nan nan ah irupen nu dialogue adicha aalu yaaru nu paakaren....

Ivughale dialogue adipaghalam...
Aana Ivughalum yethum sola mattaghalam... mathavangalaiyum sola vida maataghalam....

Ithuku melaiyum chumma paakarathoda vidaren nu santhoshapadunga...

K : Oi....

M : hmmmm....

He removed his hand from the steering wheel and grasped her hands tight....

K : nee kashtapada kudathu nu than de solala...

M : aama... en life la intha iruvathu varushama enaku yentha kashtamume vanthathu illaa paarunga...

K : ithu varai iruntha iruvathu varusham vera...

Na un life la vanthathuku appuram unaku yentha kashtamum vara kudathu... na vara vida matten....

The Eye Lock....

TBC...