The Lion and the Rose

Chapter 64

Raj

Siva mela poramai ellam illa aana light ah poramai thaan

The love I saw for him in the eyes of Ashwika, I'm not sure whether I could ever see in mine. They both were lovey dovey during breakfast and even during the dangerous situation, they were looking out for the other.

Ashwika's body was shivering the entire time of rescue that something might happen to Siva. And she just lost it when the car blasted. Her scream for Siva might have been heard by the entire Coimbatore beyond the explosion sound.

The nurse crosses giving me a once over and I respond to her. But my heart craves for someone to look at me the way Ashwika looks at Siva, cares for me the way she does for him.

But I'm not someone like Siva who deserved to be loved. No girl can ever handle my darkness, my need and my secret.

I lean on the way looking at the tensed Siva who is pacing the corridor after getting his bruise treated while Rudhran keeps assuring him about Ashwika. Samarth has stayed back at the accident location with Raghav's men to brief the police and soon Raghav will also be reaching here.

Gratefully, Siva was in a safe distance that nothing happened to him but the car blast almost made me relive the bomb blast happened in Estate, five years back. I lost my father, mentor, cousin who treated me as her own younger brother.

I take out my phone and turn on my screen and look at the wallpaper. All my worries fly away and an instant smile appears on my face. The cute little eyes of Thooriga, my kitty cat, my mentor and cousin's daughter, stares back at me. My wallpaper is a picture of us taken on Children's day during her Upper Kindergarten.

From the moment I lifted her in my arms when she was a few days old, she has been my peace. But unfortunately, when I returned after my masters she started crushing over me and I had to push her away for her own good. She is a kid, twelve years younger than me and naive. She would have ended with hurt as I could never reciprocate her feelings and provide the love she deserves.

Now she is in South Korea doing her senior year. She attends various extracurricular activities and has a handful of friends in both genders. She takes time and is very choosy in making friends, they all come out to be clear when my secret team does their background security. She does hangout with boys but so far hasn't dated anyone. It's good as she is still young but I hope she finds a wonderful guy with a pure soul to shower her with the love she deserves.

My wallpaper disappears and a call screen appears with Samarth's name, "Sollu da." (Hello)

"Machan, police inga vanthu eelam check panitu irukanga. Raghav vum vanthutan, anga enna aachu?" (Police have arrived and are checking the area. Raghav has also arrived. What's the status there?)

"Doctor ennum check panitu irupanga," I looked towards the emergency ward. Doctor is yet to come out and Siva is now sitting, tapping his legs with stress. (Doctor is still checking.)

"Neethu night ye Ashwi yaraiyo paatha mari irunthathu sonna. Aana veetla irunthu kelambi avlo neeram car nalla thane poitu irunthathu." (Last night, Ashwi informed us that she saw someone but the car was running perfectly since we left the house.)

"Technically, car oru marathula idicha vedikaathu, avan than yetho pani irukan." That Devil must have adjusted the brake in a way it works for a certain number of uses before it fails. Only in movies cars blast while crashing against a tree or any other object. In reality, the blast or catching fire happens only if there is a mistake in design. (He has done something.)

"Athu thaan naanum yosichitu iruken," Raghav expresses his thoughts. "Naan sonnen alunga anupuren nu aana avantha bait manakatti nu dialogue vitan." (Same thoughts. I asked him to take my men along but he denied