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03.You & Me - Sandhya

 

Thulasi was literally confused by his gaze. How can someone whom she has never met before give such a contempt look? Her thoughts were disturbed by Abirami's speech,

"Sit down Thulasi... This is my husband's elder brother's son Dinakar... Dinu this is Thulasi..."

Thulasi tried hard to hide her thoughts and turned and smiled at Dinakar. But to her shock he didn't even care to acknowledge her smile. She sat down in a sofa next to Abirami. Somehow Thulasi felt that this meeting is not going to be in good taste! As with all her experience, now she started preparing herself for the worst. As if to interrupt her thoughts, Abirami spoke again,

"Thulasi, Dinakar's father is also not alive now... and right now Dinakar is like the elder son in the family... I discussed the matter with him... And we have decided that we can go ahead with the marriage... but with one condition..."

Thulasi was totally surprised and excited by what she heard. But all her excitement came to a halt with the final few words. She tried hard to keep her voice calm and asked Abirami,

"What is that condition amma?"

"For accepting your sister as my daughter in law, your family should give us 5 lakhs..."

FIVE LAKHS!!!

Thulasi was absolutely devastated by what she heard. Even a lakh or two is not easy for her family in the current situation and how can they manage to give five lakhs? In somewhat as a reflex action, she turned towards Dinakar. For the first time he was also looking at her, though his face was devoid of any emotions, Thulasi could understand that he is weighing her reactions. Anger started boiling within her. What type of person is this Dinakar? He wants to stop this marriage because of money and he also wants to pin point their weakness...

Abirami's voice once again diverted her thoughts from Dinakar.

"I know Thulasi, this will be a shock to you but it will be a great disgrace for our family if we take a bride from a family where the elder daughter is yet to be married and there is no property also... This might sound wrong to you but you can understand this if you think about it from my position... I have brought up my son all alone after his dad died when he was so very young... Now if I don't marry him to a good family, it will be a big shame for me...You discuss this with your mother and sister and let me know what you all decide..."

Thulasi just shook her head as if to accept Abirami's words. She was totally devastated to even utter a single word.

Abirami offered her some juice, but Thulasi politely refused and told Abirami, that she will discuss the matter with her family and reply back to her. Then without even looking at that Dinakar, she said bye to Abirami and started back.

Once outside the gate, Thulasi was on her own and there was no more need for her to hold back her thoughts and expressions. But she was very much worried about her sister. She was not sure how Kavya will react to Abirami's new demands. While she was lost in her thoughts, a voice stopped her!

She turned back in a surprise and found Krishna. While she looked at him with surprise, he gasped for a while and then said,
"What is this akka, you walk so fast? I had to literally run to catch you..."

"Oh! I am sorry about that... I was lost in my thoughts and I didn't see you..."

"I know akka how you feel now. I am really sorry for that. But then when Dinu anna is there we can't open our mouth... Always his words are marked as final decision..." said Krishna in somewhat bitter tone.

"But then Krishna, this is your marriage matter, how can he take the final decision here?" asked Thulasi sharply!

"Yes akka you are correct... He knows that I will not listen to his words in this matter and that's why he has brainwashed my mom... As per him all the women in this world are bad and they are only after money... Now instead of saying no directly, they are trying to demand this money and then make you say no... But akka, you don't worry. I will arrange for this money somehow, so that you can give it to my mother..."

Thulasi was really surprised by Krishna's words.
"But Krishna, why should your brother hate Kavya when he doesn’t know anything about her?"

"He is like that akka... I don't know the real reason may be some love failure... For him every girl is bad..."

"But then what fault did he find with Kavya?"

Krishna kept quiet for a few seconds and then said,

"Akka please don't take this to heart... he is like that... when my mom told him that you are not married yet, he is convinced that you all are trying to use Kavya to scratch money from me through this marriage..."

Thulasi was obviously shocked by what she heard. Now she was able to understand the reason for Dinakar's gaze. Rage started boiling within her. If she had the power to burn someone through her eyes, she would have burnt Dinakar...

"Akka, please don't worry and ask Kavya also not to worry about this... I will take care of this money issue..."

Thulasi was not able to reply immediately. She really wanted to say no to Krishna, but she knows that she is not a position to say so!

8 comments

  • Guys, Sorry for the delay in sending the next episode... I ahve sent it across atlast... Since MVU is supposed to be published today, U&Me will be published tomorrow...<br /><br />Thanks for all your support :-)
  • Hi Poonguzhali, Thanks for your comments. The RC impact didn't happen purposefully. May be the initial story line is very much familiar with RC fans and that makes it sound more like RC book.<br />Please wait till episode 6 or 7 and let me know whether you still feel the story has RC impact :-)<br /><br />Thanks
  • Hi<br />The story is really good so far. Though a bit predictable story line, your writing style is excellent. Am waiting for your next parts. <br />Only drawback is this-It is a bit like RC's stories. If you can bring some more you into your stories, then I am sure you can become a good writer.<br /><br />All the Best!!!
  • Thanks Aadhi :-)<br /><br />And no issues about posting this late. Shanthi and Vino mailed me. So I can understand :-)
  • Sandhya, Guess, I am the first one to read this episode. Very nice. Looking forward for the next part :-)<br /><br />Sorry for keeping you waiting for a long time to post this... Atlast we have our Shanthi madam back and let's hope that the other issues will also be resolved fast :-)

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