"Do those awesome friends ever participate with Karthi in the research he does?"
Senthilnathan asked them.
The trio nodded otherwise.
"There is a chance that they might know a thing or two about the research. Isn't it?”
They nodded yes.
Senthilnathan said.
"I want to go through Karthi’s room, computer to check everything."
Uday got up to lead him to Karthi’s room. Senthilnathan him as he went.
"Do you know his computer password?"
"There will be no password. He would have kept anything transparent. ” Uday said.
One side of Karthi's room was full of books. Lots of shelves, lots of books in it. But everything was arranged neatly and properly. That order, the elegance can be seen in bed, the computer table, some fitness equipment seemed all over the room. Senthilnathan has seen that most intellectuals are not this elegant. He is different in this too.
Senthilnathan first went to the bookshelf. Texts in many categories such as novels, literature, astronomy, psychology, philosophy, history, archeology, psychics, spirituality, witchcraft, physiology, and science were kept in the library model. He picked up some books. All of them were visible side by side with the notes he had written in pencil on several pages. There seemed to be no books to be unread.
Uday immediately adjusted it so that some of the books he had put back on the shelf were out of line. Senthilnathan noticed it and Uday said softly.
"He will come and scold if the books are in out of line. He has scolded me many times.”
He carefully placed the books he had taken afterwards. Then asked softly.
"Do you maintain your room like this?"
He had a grin on his face.
“Alas nothing will be in proper place in my room. From time to time Mom will come and get it organized and go. But in a short time it will be back to square one”
He was impressed by the way he spoke openly. Such a man would even fix a book that was a little off in his brother's closet here and shown him from a different angle when he said his brother would scold if he saw it.
Senthilnathan wanted to see if there were any books on Karthi's desk. No. If there had been any book it would have been convenient to know the last book he was reading. He told Uday.
"Your brother must have been interested in a lot of things."
He said proudly.
“Yes. Sometimes the stone, sometimes the manuscript, sometimes the people, sometimes the sky for him from the ordinary to the great things of the world. He wanted to know everything, deeply and thoroughly.”
Senthilnathan had come to that conclusion when he was going through information about Karthi. He nodded and said, “Switch on the computer”
Uday switched on the computer. On the computer screen he saw a beautiful woman wearing glasses. There was brilliance in the eyes.
When Senthilnathan asked who it was, Uday said, "This is Harini."
It seemed to Senthilnathan that she might not only be a friend but a little too much. But he did not ponder over it. He sat down in a chair and began to search the computer for any information he needed.
Uday, who saw Harini's photo on her brother's desk, was saddened. At first Harini visited their house every now and then and she has not come for the last three months.
He knows Karthi is in love with her. Karthi believes that love is a soulful feeling that occurs only once in a lifetime. Uday noticed that Karthi seemed to shine extra brightly whenever he is with her. He has seen the same reaction in her. Uday accidentally watched their romantic moment when the two were very close once in the same room and teased his brother for several days.
"What is the use of gaining knowledge without common sense? You don't even know to close the door of the room door before you can do something. ”
He liked his brother's shyness and red face very much. He will run away from the brother who comes to beat him. He did not waste this only opportunity he had, where his brother cannot counter him. That's the only thing that embarrasses Karthi not being able to answer him. So Uday has enjoyed his brother's shame and anger by saying the same thing in front of his parents. When the parent asks what it is he has managed to tell a different story.
Now somehow those memories became heavy in the mind.
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Grey haired man didn’t sleep after the phone call. He phoned and told Sundaram to find out where the phone had come from at midnight itself, but he had very politely told his condition that he could only find out the next morning.
There was nothing wrong with what he said at midnight but he got angry at him.
"Even if you throw money, some work will not go fast." The depressed man began to wonder where and who could have done this conspiracy. There must have been an third party at the top of that hill for something like Nirmal Akash said. He must have been responsible for the death of the hired killer. Hi must have hidden Karthi’s corpse and playing hide and seek with him. Who knows that scumbag might even have video evidence.
All of a sudden his thoughts like this scared him.
"Whoa, in this rate I will beat even Nirmal Akash in assuming things."
Don’t know whether the unknown has recorded the ghostly sound of the wind, playing it again and again during the phone call to increase the ransom
"You don't know with whom you are dealing with. Let me show you who I am.” He promised himself in his mind.
It was time for him to move calmly without worrying about the situation. Finally it dawned and the next day began. He phoned Nirmal Akash in the morning and told him about the phone call that came the night before. He got there in no time. The two shared their guesses and were a little scared of themselves.
They received much awaited Sundaram’s phone call. Grey haired man immediately pressed the speaker and said "Hello,"
Sundaram said, “He called you from your area only”. Even though his blood pressure and heart beat were increasing, his brain didn’t stop working.
"Did he called other numbers like mine?" Did anyone else called that number? ”
“No sir. He didn’t call anyone else. And he didn’t attend any incoming calls also.”
Nirmal Akash and Grey haired man looked at each other with terror.