The trio, except Gnanam, could not fully recover from the shock even though they were returning home after escaping the tragedy. Gnanam closed her eyes to worship their favorite deities for a few minutes and looked at Uday proudly as they sat in silence in shock at the sight of death.
“You always tease me for praying to Gods, tell me who has saved us now? If the truck did not stop at the last moment, we would have died.”
It seemed to Uday that he could talk a little fuss with his mother to recover from the traumatic mood.
"Even now I don’t know your God had saved us or the good karma like he says saved us "
Immediately the tension decreased, both Karthi and Selvarangan looked at Gnanam who was staring at her eldest son, “if karma saved us, how it also saved you? Don’t say anything with that nerveless tongue. Do you think you have a good karma?”
Uday sang a song without answering.
"Any child is a good child when it is
new born and its future depends
on its upbringing"
Gnanam said as Karthi and Selvarangan were smiling, ,"Yes, it is my fault that I did not reign in your rude behavior from the young age”
Uday said to his father."How you are managing with this lady in running the family for so many year?” Gnanam scoffed at Selvarangan as he said, “I didn’t have a choice”
Gnanam returned to normal as Uday did not out words in her mouth further.
"As soon as we go home, we should inform Master Swami that Karthi had returned. He came back hail and healthy like he predicted. What a grace he has…!”
Karthi asked skeptically.
"Who is that Master Swami?"
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The house of the ParthaSarathy looked like they were performing rituals of a funeral. Karthi has returned. The news that his family had gone to receive him came as big blow to them.
Akash looked at his father and grandfather and asked, "What shall we do now?" He asked. There was an urgency in his tone to do something
ParthaSarathy said quietly.
"First we should understand what has happened. Then we will think about our next step”
“That’s right, ” RamaKrishna nodded in approval. Akash nodded. Although the trio remained silent, they really wanted to immediately understand what had happened. ParthaSarathy and Akash immediately left for Karthi's house and RamaKrishna also joined them.
ParthaSarathy looked like ‘you too?’. RamaKrishna had also started avoiding going to the house after Selvarangan's family began to openly show that they did not like him. But today he could not stay away. He told his nephew openly.
"Even if they grab me by the neck, I don’t care. I want to know what had happened. Otherwise my head will explode with high pressure”
Father and son took RamaKrishna because once he made up his mind, he will not revert back. The trio were eager and tensed to know everything.
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Karthi was stunned when they told him that Master had visited their home and stayed in his room for a while, informed them that he is hail and healthy and will come back sooner. What they were saying seemed like the second person he saw in his mind once going to the ruined Kali temple in Varanasi in a sudden scene. He was the one the alien called "the one who sees you as the enemy." It is through ParthaSarathy that master got introduced to them. Karthi asked them angrily.
"Why did you invite him to our home?"
Gnanam replied angrily.
"If you had told us before about coming late from your research, why are we going to Master Swami looking for you? You will go for your research and disappear as you wish. But we should not go out and look for him. It is our luck that he came to our house. "
"Didn’t I tell you to call Harini or not?"
Uday said, "I am driving the car. Why don’t you talk to your daughter-in-law yourself?”
When Uday said your daughter-in-law, Karthi stared at him and said to his mother with embarrassment, "It is not required. Can’t you give it a rest?”
“You be quiet. One woman's mind is known to another woman. It is useless to do so much research if cannot understand a girl's mind. It is not your fault. If you need us, you will follow us anywhere and everywhere. Then you will withdraw and retreat.”
When mother had finished talking, Uday said looking back at his brother, “Karthi, look how the entire male race is being disgraced in your name?”
Karthi blushed when he looked at his brother, Gnanam spoke with Harini.
“Hello. I am Karthi’s mother speaking. Karthi has come back. We picked him up and going to home. Do you want to talk to him? You are coming to home. You are welcome. We will reach our home in half an hour. ”
Karthi did not know whether to cry or laugh. Everything is still in disarray. He does not know any details about the enemy except that he is the proponent of superpowers. Don’t know when ParthaSarathy’s family will strike again after their failed attempt. This master man seems to be super powered. He also keeps him on the enemy list. He did not want Harini to come to his side when there were so many enemies and so many dangerous situations. They unknowingly try to bring her back into his life.
Selvarangann said, "Let me inform my brother too." If he usually says brother, it is Rajathurai. Karthi looked at him in amazement and he told him the information that Chief Minister had appointed Senthilnathan to find him. As soon as the matter of his disappearance went up to the Chief Minister and came under investigation, it became clear that he was compelled to answer the questions of many as to how he went missing and how he came back. What will he say? Who would believe that?
‘You have come into my life and created great confusion on all sides and left. What, where, and how can I deal with it now? ' Whether the alien will reply or not but Karthi can always feel that his questions have reached him. Now he can’t feel that his questions had reached his alien friend. Alien friend was gone.
The car came to a stop in front of his house while his mind was racing. ParthaSarathy, Akash, RamaKrishna, Harini and Senthilnathan stood to welcome him. Karthi got out of the car with a smile, hiding his emotions since all of them were looking at him sharply.