Senthilnathan came down from the hill in a jeep, traveled two kilometers and reached the main road. No vehicles were encountered until they came to main road. There was no major traffic on main road as it was midnight. There were no midnight strollers. Once in every few minutes a vehicle was coming and going.
Senthilnathan stopped the jeep at the main road junction and stopped the vehicles for interrogation. He asked everyone.
"Did you see any black car speeding along the way?"
Everyone said no. It was understood that those who arrived in that black car would have traveled leisurely so that no one would suspect once he was sure that he was not being followed. After thinking for a while he started asking some more questions.
"Do you go through this at the same time every day?" If yes then the next is "Have you seen anything different in this place for the last two days?" Began to hear that.
Very few people were going to that area every day at that time. None of them had seen anything different. The old man who came on the bicycle said only one.
“The night before, there was a huge barricade was placed across the road to hill for road repair work. I also thought that the repair work for this main road would be a blessing in disguise. The next day there was no barricade. I don't know if the repair work has taken place or not.”
Senthilnathan had a hunch in his mind. First inquired about him. Old man is a second shift worker in a factory which was four kilometers away. This is the way he returns home every day. He said it was very difficult to cycle because the road was bumpy and potholed.
"What time it was?"
"It was the same time sir"
"Did you saw anyone?"
"No sir"
"Any vehicles?"
“No sir. I only saw the barricades. ”
Senthilnathan, who sent him, began to ask the following commuters if they had seen the‘ road repair barricades ’mentioned by old man this time of night the day before. Some said they didn’t remember. Only one young man on the bike pointed to the barricade at the beginning of the path to the mountain saying ‘road work is in progress’. The old man also said that he had seen it there. Who put those blocks in front of the street where the repair work was not going on and then removed them? Why would they do that?
Senthilnathan began to think.
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Harini wanted to see Karthi's family at once. Karthi’s mother is the one who can speak kindly to her. Krishna's father smiled but he from the look she would know that he was happy too. Karthi’s brother is the lively type. How many days has she eaten at their house? In a fit of rage at Karthi she stopped going to their home suddenly. She never even spoke to them on the phone. But in this case she had to go, and that seemed to be courtesy.
When Gnanam saw her, she cried out. Harini's eyes watered as she looked at it but she controlled herself in front of her since the grief would get too much. She managed to control her grief and reassured Gnanam.
“Please don’t cry Ma. Mark my words. He will come back suddenly with his research stories.”
Padmavathi tried to develop confidence in her firm words. She wiped her eyes and looked like, 'Are you sure?' The mother's innocence moved Harini.
Gnanam said. "His bike is parked there. His phone is switched off. It has been two days. That's worrying me a lot"
Harini forcibly said in a lively voice.
"You should worry in case of normal persons. Your boy is Superman. ”
Gnanam smiled softly. Uday who was watching thanked Harini in his mind. It is lie, but the courage available for moment is precious.
"What are you going to eat?" Gnanam asked.
“Let Karthi come back. I will have the feast” Harini said with the same firm conviction.
Padmavathi asked.
"Why didn’t you come all these days?"
Harini said wondering what to say immediately to her direct question.
"He is always busy with everything and anything. So why bother him?”
Uday noticed the pain that came in her moment even though she was hiding her feelings. The older brother got angry.
Gnanam said, "I have told him, one day I will put all the books in the garbage. Books and research are not above family.”
Karthi had told Harini that he has been intimidated at times. But now Harini understood that what she was saying it for Harini.
"Sweet Auntie," she said to herself.
Gnanam's cell phone rang. She picked it up and said, “My sister. Uday come and talk with Harini, I will come back in a moment” She took her cell phone and went to her room.
Harini asked Uday slowly, “Have you checked for any outgoing calls from his cellphone?”
Uday said, "Experts are saying after the phone was switched off, it was not switched on again”
The two sat there not knowing what to say. The familiar pain on her face was reassuring, his younger brother had been indifferent and it had hurted her. That is why there is no doubt now that she did not come. When she entered the house, he noticed that she was in a weeping mood like his mother. The way she controlled herself and the way she handled her feelings majestically increased the respect for this woman.
He thought that a fact should not go unnoticed by this woman whether his brother would come or not. She has the right to know for sure,
Uday got up slowly and said, “Come with me”
She got up with an enquiring look. Uday took her to Karthi's room. He opened his brother 's computer, switched on and remained silent.
Harini lost all control when she saw her photo on the computer screen in a few seconds and smiling back at herself. Her eyes widened as she lost control and started to cry. It seemed that his brother is lucky to be with the woman who loved him so much.
When she came back to her senses, she got up slowly. She said wiping her eyes, "Thanks,"
He nodded softly.
"Without showing me what's on my mind, without telling me, he treated me like a stranger for so long," She asked Uday.
"Don't get me wrong if I said something?"
"No not at all"
She said sadly and angrily, “Once your brother came back I want to give a tight slap in his face before anything”
For a moment Uday imagined the scene and smiled. He would have teased his brother if he was around.
"Before the action, shut the door"
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The New Delhi official listened very carefully to the information given by the KCGSRO Director from Pune. The director said that the research on abduction and murder was moving in a dangerous direction and explained the events to him in the mail as an precaution. The director defended himself by saying orally and in writing, 'I had let you know in advance if there is a problem tomorrow'. The official should reasonably send this information to the Union Minister and the Intelligence Service. But that aristocracy is not fair. Only one or two people in the department know about this highly secretive research. They never even talked about it in public, even within themselves. But the aristocrat, who had been selling all the details of this research to a secret man for a good price from the beginning, began to wonder what the price would be for this information.