RamaKrishna asked ParthaSarathy what the enemy had said.
RamaKrishna's face also went weedy when ParthaSarathy said that. Uncle and nephew wondered what to do next. They were faced with the dilemma of not being able to do anything to escape the situation. The enemy will not leave without freeing his man. Uday will not release that man. There is no way to ask him directly. It is useless to ask indirectly. Selvarangan has also been tough on him since the police were sent to arrest Harini. Otherwise he might have told something to him and held his hand and freed the enemy's man. Little clue as to where Senthilnathan is available. There is a danger of overthrowing the regime if it shows a gesture of power. The intelligence report also said that Uday was talking secretly to the MLAs. It seems that the MLAs who did not get the ministerial post will lean towards Selvarangan. If Manohar spits out the truth and the evidence for the truth emerges, three-quarters of the MLAs will definitely go to Selvarangan's side.
Akash was listening to his father and grandfather talking from behind. He had stopped going to college ever since ParthaSarathy sent police to arrest Harini. He did not have the courage to see her face to face. He did not even speak to her on the phone. What will he talk about? It's okay as a friend does not help her. His father dared to humiliate her. He could not even blame him because he knew his whole situation. Didn't he and his grandfather start it all? He agreed to kill Karthi by them. Who knew all this could happen?
Selvarangan saved Harini and took her and her mother to his house and he must have been high in their minds. So far only Harini has been in love with Karthi. Now the unshakable gratitude for that family would have come, too. Thinking about it all, he crouched down and locked himself in his room. Although the son understood the mood, ParthaSarathy hoped that he would understand the realities of life and recover quickly. But he was also reluctant to talk to him after the arrest attempt. He also did not speak anything other than necessary. Both of them silently realized that there was a gap between them.
The current situation in which his father and grandfather spoke made Akash angry. It was a pity to see his father, who was always sober, confused, trembling, and unable to do anything. He could not bear to see all this. It began to appear that he could die. You can buy freedom from everything. Chances are you will be born lucky in the next life. The suicidal idea, which initially appeared, then began to gain strength. That seemed to be the relief. That seemed to be the way to go. Now he has decided after hearing that the enemy has called and threatened his father. 'Forgive me, Dad,' he wrote in a single line to his father. Only once before dying did he seem to speak to Harini. It's okay if she spits. Talked to her and seemed to say goodbye to the world. He phoned her.
"Hello"
"You are not coming to the college. Not talking on the phone. Very busy. Are you okay? ”
Akash's eyes watered as soon as he heard Harini's friendship did not change. 'What good-hearted woman can she talk to like this?'
Akash told her with heavy heart.
"I not not feeling well, Harini”
“Why, What happened?"
What will he say? Graciously he said.
"Forgive me Harini"
She understood what he was apologizing for. She understood that he had not even spoken on the phone so far because of the guilt caused by his father's actions. Immediately she became angry.
“Are you nuts? There is no sorry between friends”
Her generosity made his eyes water.
"Are you angry with me Harini?"
"You have never been a friend to me. If I had been angry I would have come straight and slapped you. Then I would have forgotten all about it. That's Harini” she said and laughed.
"What Karthi is doing?"
"He is in his own world. Thinks of something. He meditates. Reads a lot. It is rare to speak four words every day. He comes out when his mother threatens to burn down the computer and books for a while. Look what came to me in the name of love”
Both of them talked for a while. Finally she asked him to come in person once. Akash hung up the phone and said to himself, "Okay, you're going to see me one last time, Harini."
At last a small consolation rested in his mind. She did not hate him. Do not blame him. She still thinks of him as a friend. Although he could not rise to the level of love, he did not let go of the level of friendship. Harini is really nice girl.
"Love me please at least in my next life," he said to himself. Akash took the pill jar. Swallowed the pills one by one and the memories of the past came to mind one by one. The only face that stayed until finally remembered. The only memory.
“Harini”
When heard about Akash's suicide, he was shocked and looked at Selvarangan with tears in her eyes. Selvarangan hugged him and cried. The anger and quarrel over ParthaSarathy in the Harini case vanished as soon as he heard of Akash's death. He could only see him as a child who had been playing with his son since childhood. He was heartbroken to see ParthaSarathy as a friend who had lost only one son in that death. He stared at Gnanam who was crying uncontrollably behind him and Karthi and Harini who were staring at each other. Uday was angry with him but he thought of Akash as his brother and when he got there he was making arrangements with RaamKrishna to turn the suicide into a heart attack and publish it to the media without standing as an onlooker.
RamaKrishna was also saddened by the death of his grandson but did not go inactive like ParthaSarathy. He was in the mood to see what was to come. He was trying to highlight his second daughter and her family who had come from Hyderabad. He said to her children, “You should take care of your uncle from now on. Only you, as the parent can know for sure. You should console him ”said RamaKrishna. Those words fell like acid on ParthaSarathy’s ears. No one can be like his son to him.
Even the cry of Selvarangan, Gnanam in the midst of these hypocrisies was somewhat comforting to him. Both didn’t have any lie or hypocrisy. The tears that come out are real. Not acting. Karthi was consoling Harini who was saying something to push back a little. Karthi, who had initially been heartbroken, was now calm. Whenever he saw him he could not help but think of his son. Same age. The same kind of beginning. But a huge difference like the mountain and the pond. Always heard Karthi talking about karma. He would often tell Selvarangan that he would have to reap what he sowed, so think of anything and do it. Selvarangan avoided doing something because of what his son said. Has done some good things. He changed himself to some extent. ParthaSarathy has noticed it mockingly.
He looked at his son's body. Unbeknownst to him his gaze went to the picture of Rajadurai hanging large in the hall and to Karthi who was comforting Harini and again fell on his son's body. He could not control his tears.