Nyaabagam Varuthe

Dushyantha Raja Kalinga Rani

The moment the words left her mouth Mullai knew she had gone overboard

She clasped her hand over her mouth

She had been so scared to see the dressing and the bandages on her dad ..they looked scary

She had been bustling around him

Initially she had assumed it was an accident

And she had been casually asking

Eppudi aachu pa..paarthu vara koodaatha..Ashok ku eppudi theriyum neenga kooppitteengalaa

And n the course of the conversation had come the first shocker that this was not an accident

She could not begin to believe that someone had hit her father deliberately..her amiable father who was the most easy going person in the world

She immediately fished her mobile out..

Irungappa naan avuhalukku phone podaren

And she started to dial his number

And then came her second shocker

Kathirukku theriyum Mullai..avan thaan enakke phone panni vara sonnaan

Avuhalukku eppudi she muttered

But the next instant she panicked

Where was he now then..was he annoyed..was her father wrong somehow..why hadn't he come home with her father now.why had he sent him with Ashok..and then her eyes widened ..was he hurt? Was he in the hospital..an icy cold hand clutched her heart and squeezed it so tight that she was soon hyper ventilating

Ippo avar enga she had barely managed to whisper

And then had come the cincher

Avan enga kooda thaan vanthan ..hospital vittu velia varum pothu ennannu theriyale thideernu oru velai naan poittu varennu solli avasarama kelambittan

Her fear had transformed to blinding fury then..

Even before she asked the question she knew the answer

Enga ponaaha she asked a glint in her eye

Kathir sollale aanaa Maamaa va auto la ethum pothu ithu nadantha edathukku ponum nu van driver kitta sonnaan..yennu theriyale

Avara yen thaniya vitta Ashok she lamented

But her mom and Ashok had been busy tending to her dad

She had stood soaking it all in and the more she thought the more she was convinced that he had gone back to the place to fight some more

She had panicked some more

And soon her panic changed to anger

And that's when she had called him

Worried sick that he had gone back alone..she of course thought it was to settle unfinished business

The dressing on her father's head was also triggering memories of his accident..the dressing on his wounds, the bleak days at the hospital, the induced coma, the memory loss, the headaches..

She couldn't stand to see him like that again

And she had dumped all that frustration and fear on him

But the words..oh the words..she knew she had gone too far

Outside in the hall

Murugan had gone in to rest