Pathran told Mullai that Theeran had gone on an important errand and would return by night. Upon hearing this, Mullai was shocked, as if struck by lightning.
"Did he go alone? Why did you let him go alone, sir? Wherever he goes, he always gets into some trouble. He's not like other children. Where did he go now? I don't know how he is," Mullai began to lament, almost in tears.
No matter how much Pathran tried to explain, she didn't seem to calm down. Finally, unable to bear her nagging any longer, he called Theeran for her. Even though Mullai had spoken to Theeran, she was still pestering him, asking where Theeran had gone.
All of this was completely new to Pathran. No one had ever argued with him so familiarly. This was the first time he had a family of his own, and even petty arguments with them. Just thinking about this felt sweet to Pathran.
Now, the monster sat like a completely ordinary family man, with Vaishu on his lap, listening to his wife's lament. He didn't find Mullai's nagging bothersome.
He only saw her anxiety, the fear that something might happen to Theeran. They had returned home from the hospital early in the morning.
In Pathran's room, father and daughter were sitting on the bed, while Mullai paced back and forth in front of them, lamenting. Pathran, with his hand on his cheek, was fiddling with his phone, occasionally glancing at Mullai.
Narayanan, who had gone out for work, had just arrived and stood in front of their room to see Mullai. Since the door was open, Narayanan could see what was happening inside.
His son Pathran, the cruel monster, whom the whole country feared and trembled before... While even powerful figures trembled with fear at the thought of speaking to him, here his wife stood before him, nagging and complaining incessantly. He was surprised to see him sitting there, acting as if he hadn't even noticed her.
It was clear from this that his son was slowly changing. Vaishnavi was the first to see Narayanan standing at the door. She shouted, "Grandpa!" and ran towards him. Mullai, who turned around at her shout, said, "Dad, please come in," finally closing her mouth after complaining non-stop until then.
Narayanan looked at her and asked, "My dear, how is your hand? Is there any pain?" When she replied, "No, Dad, the pain is better now," he said, "Have you eaten? It's 8 o'clock. You need to take your medicine, right? Come on, let's all go and eat together," and he walked ahead, carrying Vaishnavi.
Mullai, however, said, "I'm not hungry, Dad, you go and eat, I'll eat later," and went to the balcony.
Narayanan looked at Bhadran, and just as Bhadran was saying, "She... she's angry with Theeran, that's why...", Theeran arrived. He called out, "Grandpa," and Narayanan said, "Son, you're here? Your mother is very angry with you. Even when I called her to eat, she said she wasn't hungry and went inside."
Hearing this, Theeran looked back at Bhadran. Understanding the meaning of his gaze, Bhadran said, "I only told her that you had gone out for work, I didn't say anything else." Then Theeran asked, "Where is Mom?"
Bhadran pointed towards the balcony. Theeran went inside and saw Mullai standing by the window with a worried expression. He went to her side and called out, "Mom." When Mullai quickly turned around at the sound of "Theeran," she immediately turned her face away angrily. Even when Theeran called out "Amma" again, she didn't look back.
Initially, she had turned around hoping to see him. The next moment, overwhelming anger towards Theeran, who had left her alone, surged within her, and she turned away again. Even when he asked, "Amma, are you angry with me?", Mullai didn't even look at him and walked from the balcony into the bedroom.
Theeran's face fell. Narayanan and Bhadran watched what was happening in silence. Theeran slowly walked into the bedroom. However, Mullai, ignoring him, lay down on the bed.
He went near her feet and began to plead, holding her feet with his small hands. "Amma, please don't be angry. Please forgive me. It was wrong of me to leave, and it was especially wrong to leave without telling you. Please forgive me," he said, and his eyes welled up with tears.
As Theeran continued to apologize with tears in his eyes, Mullai's heart softened. She quickly picked him up and began to kiss his cheeks. "No, my darling, Amma is not angry with you at all. I was just scared because you were missing. Even now, I was only pretending to be angry. There's nothing else," she said, comforting him.
Mullai hugged Theeran and kissed his forehead...
Mullai, after kissing him, said, "Theeran, you are still a little boy. You shouldn't go out alone without telling anyone. I won't ask where you went or why you went. But wherever you go, you must tell this mother first, understand?"
Theeran, with a pitiful expression on his face, said, "Okay, Mom, from now on, I'll tell you before I go anywhere." Seeing this, Bhadran thought to himself, "This is world-class acting, my boy!"
Mullai got up, lifted Theeran onto her hip, and said, "Come, let's go eat," and carried him downstairs. Theeran innocently wrapped his arms around her neck and rested his face on her shoulder as they went.
Seeing this, Vaishnavi immediately got down from Narayanan's lap and went to Bhadran, asking, "Dad, lift me up," raising both her hands. Bhadran, saying "My little one," lifted her and followed Mullai.
Mullai seated Theeran at the dining table and started feeding him chapati. Vaishnavi also got down from Bhadran's arms, ran over, and sat next to Theeran, eating what Mullai was feeding him. Bhadran served himself and started eating. Narayanan, who had just arrived, saw Mullai feeding them and said, "Why, you have an injury on your hand. First, you eat and take your medicine. The children will eat by themselves."
Mullai replied, "But, they won't eat properly, Dad." "I've gotten used to feeding them their dinner," she said, and after finishing feeding them, she served herself from the same plate and ate. Narayanan ate without asking anything further and went to his room, while Mullai washed her hands and went upstairs with the children.
Only Bhadran ate patiently, then got up and sat on the sofa in the hall, crossing his legs and staring at the entrance. After a while, Hari came in, looking tired. Seeing Bhadran sitting there, he went to him and said, "Hey Bhadra, why didn't you come to the office today? Look, it's 8:30 by the time I finished your work too. And you know what? I didn't even have lunch!" Hari said pitifully.
Bhadran didn't even listen to what he was saying and kept staring at the entrance. Annoyed, Hari said, "Hey, I'm complaining here, and where are you looking?" He too looked towards the entrance. There, a man was coming towards them with a laptop in one hand and some document in the other.
Hari looked at him thoughtfully and wondered, "Why is he coming here?" Even as he watched, the man came and stood directly in front of Bhadran and said, "Master, what you asked for..." He extended the document in his hand to Bhadran, who took it and said, "Tell me, Narasimha, what happened there? Tell me everything, without missing a single detail."
Narasimha stammered, "Master, that..." unsure how to begin. Just then, Hari asked, "What happened? Is there any problem?" Narasimha looked at Bhadran and said, "Master, as you instructed, I followed the helicopter that the young master took." "But what I saw there was both shocking and frightening," Narasimhan said, and Bhadran raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Narasimhan continued, "The young master is no ordinary person. He owns a huge company abroad. The SK Group of Companies; I think you might have heard of it. The sole owner of that company is the young master, Theeran."
"What? The owner of S.K. Groups of Companies is this milk carton?" Hari asked in shock. Narasimhan replied, "Yes, Hari, but that's not all. You know Yukesh Victor, right? The young master is in a partnership with him," he said, and this time Bhadran looked surprised. He further asked, "Who, Yukesh?"
"Yes, Master, the young master first went to his house. I was watching, quite confused. After a while, the young master came out alone, got into the car, and left... Then... suddenly, someone blocked the car the young master was in and started shooting with a gun. I was so scared that something might happen."
"But nothing happened. The young master got out of the car confidently and stylishly shot all of them with the gun he had in his hand. When I saw him then, it was like seeing you. There were sparks of fire in both his eyes," Narasimhan said in awe.
Bhadran, who was listening to everything he said, felt proud of Theeran. Narasimhan continued, "The young master has some powerful enemies." "They are the ones who tried to kill him," he said, and opening the laptop he held in his hand, he showed Bhadran a photo of Yukesh and Theeran getting into a car together. Bhadran was also surprised.