Ram turns front and sees a lady come running towards the car very fast. The speed of the car is not slow enough to stop it suddenly. Ram pushes the brake with full strength to stop the car. But the car does not stop and instead throws the lady heavily.
The car stops few feet away from the lady. All the three of them rush out of the car and run towards the lady. Radha looks at the lady with a shock. The lady is bleeding heavily from her head. In addition she is pregnant. Kannapiraan and Ram also look at her and get shocked.
"Oh My God! What has happened?" screams Radha in worry. The lady starts to groan in labour pain. The trio further gets shocked on seeing that. Ram becomes tensed on the situation. He says "Amma, Appa, Let us leave this place before someone comes.".
Radha and Kannapiraan look at him shockingly. Kannapiraan looks at Ram in anger and says "Idiot, what the hell you are speaking? Do you know what you have done?"
The lady starts to cry loudly in labour pain. Radha gets tensed on seeing the lady and looks at Kannapiraan.
"What you are looking at? Just lift her and get her inside the car." says Kannapiraan to Radha. Ram looks at them in shock. "Appa, What you are saying? How can we do this?" he screams
Kannapiraan does not answer him. Kannapiraan helps Radha to lift the lady and carry it towards the car. Ram screams again "Appa, what you are thinking you are doing?"
"Ram, don't say any word now. Just go and start the car. We have to admit her in the hospital soon." says Kannapiraan in a rigid voice.Ram looks at him in irritation. He goes to the car and sits in his seat. Radha brings the lady at the back side seat. Kannapiraan sits in the front and Ram drives the car.
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Ram stops the car in front of a hospital entrance. Kannapiraan gets out the car and helps Radha to bring the injured lady out.
A stretcher comes and carries the lady inside the hospital. Radha and Kannapiraan follows to her treatment room while Ram does not go with them.
The lady is carried inside a operation theatre. A lady doctor and few nurse comes to attend her while Radha and Kannapiraan wait at outside. After a while, the lady doctor comes out towards them.
"Who is accompanying the woman?" asks the doctor.
Kannapiraan answers her "We are, doctor. How is she? Nothing serious, isn't it?" he asks in worry.
Doctor turns angry "How can she be fine. Sir? Don't you people know how to take care of a carrying woman. You let her get injured and asking like this?"
Both of them become worried on the answer. "We are sorry doctor. Fault is ours only. But please tell us how is she?" says Kannapiraan in anxiety.
"More blood loss from her head and still she is bleeding. Moreover her baby is stuck within placenta. Somewhat serious case. She needs to operated immediately.For that we need sign of her relative. Are you related to her?" asks doctor
Both look at each other. Kannapiraan answers "Yes doctor. I am her uncle and she is her aunt. I will sign the form. Please operate her soon"
Radha and Ram get shocked at his answer. Doctor leaves the place and Radha looks at him with questions. Ram goes to him.
"Appa, what is this? What you are thinking you are doing?" Ram asks in anger
"I know what I am doing. Keep quiet." says Kannapiraan. He looks at Radha and says "If we don't sign, they will not do the operation. It might harm her. That is why. A small lie for good cause"
"But what happens if something happens to her. We will be charged. Don't you know that, Appa" asks Ram
"This thinking should have been with you while your dashed her on the road." Kannapiraan answers him harshly.
Ram looks at him annoyed. "But Appa, fault is not mine, She came running towards the car. What did I do?"
"Had you controlled your car's speed, this would have not happened? All because of us. Look we did the mistake and we have to rectify it. That is it" says Kannapiraan.
Radha looks worried at their conversation. Kannapiraan goes to her and says "Don't worry, everything will be ok."
Ram leaves the place in irritation. The operation take place while both of them wait at outside.
Few minutes later...
The doctor comes out the theater and both of them look at her. Doctor comes to them and says "Operation done.It is a baby boy"
Radha shows a relief in her eyes. Kannapiraan feels better.
Doctor continues "Baby is safe. But mother is still unconscious.We have kept her in observation. So need to wait for few hours to know about her condition." The doctor leaves the place. Radha again turns bewildered on hearing this. So is, Kannanpiraan.
Ram comes towards them and look at them angrily. Kannapiraan notices his anger and gets reminded of the situation.
"Radha ,we have to inform the bride's family that we cannot come today." says Kannapiraan. Ram gets shocked on eharing this.
"Appa, what are you saying? This is not fair.you cannot do this to me." shouts Ram.
"Do you think it is fair to leave the injured girl abandoned?" asks Kannapiraan in anger. "Look, Your engagement can wait till tomorrow or day-after tomorrow or some other day. But this girl's life can be saved only today. So have some humanity in heart. Don't be selfish."
Radha looks at Ram in pity. Ram stares at both of them and leaves the place.Kannapiraan too leaves the place with his mobile in his hand.
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Radha and Kannapiraan wait at the corridor outside the ICU ward. Some doctors and nurses keep going to and coming from the room. Radha's worry increases and Kannapiraan's face show tension.
"Why this happening to us? How happily we started from our home? Ram is very much disappointed on what happenend?" says Radha in a sad vocie.
"Yeah I know. But what we can do in this situation? He hass grown up and he should understand.I did not expect this from him." replies Kannapiraan with bitterness in his voice.
The lady doctor comes to them. "Sir, the lady got her conscious back. She is fine now. You can go and see her" says the doctor and leaves.
Both of them look happily at each other. Tears start to roll from cheeks of Radha. Kannapiraan consoles her. Both of them go inside the ICU ward room.
The lady is in sleeping state. Radha and Kannapiraan go towards the bed where she lying. Radha looks at the girl miserably. Tears roll down her cheeks. A baby's cry is heard from behind. Both of them turn to that direction.
A baby kept in a cradle starts to cry. Radha looks at the baby and smiles at it. The baby stops to cry on seeing her smile. Both of them are surprised to see that.
They again turn toward the lady as she starts to groan. Radha looks at the lady and says "This girl looks very innocent.Looks like she might not more than 22 or 23 years of age. May be, had our daughter was alive, she would have also been in this age only, isn't it?"
Kannapiraan looks at her despondency. He holds her shoulders and consoles her.
"This should not have happened.I really feel very bad to look this girl." says Radha while she starts to cry.
The lady slowly opens her eyes. Kannapiraan looks at the lady and smiles at her. The lady opens her eyes fully and stares at them in surprise. Radha holds her hands gently and smiles at her.
"How are you feeling my dear? Are you ok?" asks Radha to her.
The lady blinks at her and does not answer. Kannapiraan says "Let her come out her dizziness. We will talk later."
The doctor enters the room and comes to the lady. She says "Congratulations. You have given birth to a baby-boy"
The lady's face turn bright on hearing this. She struggles to talk but says "Thank you" to her.
"Thank not me. To them" says the doctor pointing to them. The lady looks at them and says "Thanks".
Radha looks at her and says "Not neccessary dear. It is ok". The lady looks at her side towards the cradle. Radha looks at that. She goes to the cradle and lifts the baby. She brings the baby and gives it to the lady.
The lady gets the baby from her with tears in her eyes. Radha looks at them with happiness. But something she notices in that lady. She looks at Kannapiraan puzzled.
Kannapiraan does not understand her expression and asks "What happened?"
Radha says in low voice. "Just look at her. She neither wears Thiru Mangalyam on her neck nor the Metti on her toe finger. But she is having a child. How?"
Kannapiraan notices the lady about it. He replies "Radha, Don't come to a conclusion. Sure there might be some explanation."
Radha does not answer him and she looks at the lady. The lady starts to cry on looking at the baby. She hugs the baby to herself.
Radha and Kannapiraan look at her and look at each other with a gentle smile. Radha goes towards her and consoles her.
The lady says "At last I have fulfilled your wish Aarav. I have brought your child safely to this world" and cries with her baby.
Radha looks at Kannapiraan in a meaningful look. Kannapiraan looks her like 'See, I told you, Isn't it?'. Both smile at each other again. The lady keeps crying with her baby.
A nurse comes to the room with a writing pad. She asks the lady
"Excuse me, we need details for birth registration. Please tell me your name" asks the nurse
The lady looks at her without answering.
"Rahini", Kannapiraan answers to the nurse. "It is her name"
"Rahini", Kannapiraan answers to the nurse. "It is her name"
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