Avi comforted Shalini as she rested her head on his shoulder and continued to shiver. "Shalini anniku enna dhan aachu?" He asked.
"I was waiting for the train, phone lirndhu sim ah thooki veesnen. Appo thonuchu.... You didn't cheat on me, if it didn't happen with your consent nu... What if Nivi was pregnant? How did that make a difference to me? Rendu kozhandhanga plus one, naa paathuka maatena nu thonuchu.." she told.
"Tirumba vandhu unkoodave irrukanum nu feel aachu..." She confessed with glistening eyes. He cupped her cheeks and let her continue. "Appo in a distance I saw Sushmita.... Andha nerathula avanga railway station la enna pannanum nu I went close by..."
"I overheard her conversation with goons she had recruited from Bihar.... Unna... Unna.... Namma kozhandhangala... K-kozhanum..." She continued to stutter as her eyes let out a tear. Avinash just pulled her to his embrace and hugged her. " It's okay.... It's over....Relax." He uttered in her ears.
Shalini's raging mind calmed to the solace of his embrace and rhythmic heartbeat that she could hear against his chest. "Adhu kaprom, ennaku adhu ketruchu nu avangluku terinjappo... The goons chased me... Kaila Aadhu va vechikitu odnen.... I.. I gave her to a blind old woman... Pathuka solli... And I ran but at one point, I tripped and they slashed the knife at me.... I was bleeding.... Ennaku vera Vazhi terila... I begged them... Vitra solli... I begged Sushmita... Naa Inga irrundhu kelambitu, tirumba vara maaten nu sonnen... And she agreed to let me go...."
"And then I went to the old woman to take Aadhu back but avanga en mela blood irrukuradha sense panni... Anniku night avanga veetla irruka sonnanga... I was tired... I was scared... I was broken... Vera Vazhi illama I stayed the night there ... That is why Rakshan Anna couldn't find me that night... The next day... I left to Mumbai.... Anga irrundhu NYC..." She finished and Avinash was in tears.
"But Sushmita va arrest panna kaprom nee yen ma enna contact pannala?" He asked. "I thought you were with Nivi. Naa pona kovathula... I thought you would have moved on." Shalini whined. "I was insecure.... I never understood what I ever did to get so much love from you... Avalo love nee kudutha appo, unna ovoru dhadava hurt pannambodhum manasu vazhikum. Ennake apdi na .... How much would you have suffered because of me?"
🎶Orunal sirithen marunal veruthen
Unainan kollamal kondru puthaithenae
Mannipaaya mannipaaya
Mannipaaya mannipaaya mannipaaya?🎶
He sighed and pulled her cheeks adorably.
"Naa idha neraya edathula sollirken... Ippovum solren, en life full um fake aana people aala fill aanadhu, enkooda edhavudhu motive oda dhan pazhaguvanga but Nee, Rakshan and Sharanya mattum dhan genuine ah irrundhinga... You loved me for who I was... You accepted me as Avinash... Not as the CM's son or a rich good looking guy, un edathula vera yaaradhu irrundhirndha enkitta irrundhu eppadi profit panniklam nu paathutu poirupanga."
"No one would have helped me to become a better person in life, noone would have made me understand the reality of the situation around me, noone would have been my Shalini... Purinjudha?" He asked. "You are home for my heart...." He confessed.
🎶Kannae thadumaari nadanthen
Noolil aadum mazhayaagi ponen
Unnal thaan kalaignaai aanenae
Thozhai thoorathil velicham nee
Unnainokiyae ennai eerrkiraiyae ..🎶
(Me be like: Namma kadhaiku set aagudhu illa? Nammale vechiklam!!)
🎶Melum melum urugi urugi unnai enni
Engum idhayathai enna seiven… oooh oh....
Unnai enni engum idhayathai enna seiven?🎶
