Chapter 5
A small chapter before the long weekend. Will continue on Tuesday.
Kathir moves his eyes from the book in Uma's hand to her face. A pair of trembling eyes looks at him, "neenga….?". Sorry, naan kadhir…ennoda cell phone vittuttu poitten, athaan…… neenga?, kathir blurts not taking his eyes of her. Naan uma, priyavoda anni. Oh! Naan konja neram munnadi ponnu parka vanthappa neenga inga illaye! ……
Irukka koodatham, nalla vishayam nadakkara idathula vidhavai irukka koodatham…naanga sollala kadhir, avangale nenachikittu pakkathu veetla poi ukkarunthanga….priya blows out in a bit irritated voice as she is coming down the stairs. She had a bad mood after her altercation with her dad and it was showing in the voice.
Uma is still standing with hear head down…..Kadhir takes his cellphone from the table and picks a Bharathiyaar book from the shelf…comes to Uma , ennanga neenga…puratchikaramana books ellam padikareenga, innum intha sagunam ellam nambareenga? Illa, ennala priyavukku ethuvum kettathu nadanthuda koodathennu thaan. She looks up and is startled at the pair of eyes gazing at her. She quickly puts her head down. Nichiyama ungalala priyavukkum priyavala ungalukkum nallathuthaan nadakkum, kadhir says affirmatively. Both Priya and Uma look puzzled. Kadhir swiftly walks up to the gate and looks back at the staring women and closes the gate. He walks out and looks back, priya has gone inside..Uma is still there looking and their eyes meet for a moment and uma goes inside. Kadhir gets into the car and looking at his sad mom, presses her hand reassuringly and tells, "Amma nichiyama intha veetukku namba thirumba varuvom"!
Uma rushes in and asks priya what happened, did she like kadhir, he seems to be a very nice guy…..Priya looks at her and says she refused for the marriage since she told him that she wanted to work and she had another important mission in her hand. She quickly tells Anni, unga bio-data konjam kodungalen, neenga yen oru velaikku try panna koodathu. Enna priya, naan ennamo ketkaren nee ennamo solre…ippo ethukku bio data, nee kadhir pathi sollu, uma asks in an irritated tone. Anni, please kadhir pathi pesatheenga, vera yaar pathiyum pesatheenga….ippothaiku enakki kalyanam illai. Appakku naan aabathillama uyiroda poovum pottuma irukkanum avvalavuthane…….ippo poovum irukku pottum irukku uyirum irukku. Please En kalayanatha pathi inga yaaravathu pesineenga, naan veeta vittu poiduven. Uma is confused and as she calls out for mama, priya's dad comes down the steps and looks at Uma. Enna manushan naan, enna pathi, en ponna pathi, ava vazhakaya pathi yosichene thavira intha malaratha poova pathi yosikkalaye….priya;s dad thinks to himself and he is ashamed and beaten for not thinking about his daughter-in-laws future. He looked at Priya;s photo and is proud of his daughter, now he is determined to get a life for his daughter in law first.
Neither Priya;s dad nor Priya realized that it was going to be one Herculean task to make things happen for Uma.
Edited by madumithas - 17 years ago
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