Arun gets Mrunalini’s mobile phone and attends the call.
‘Hello’
A lady voice is heard from opposite side ‘Hello Sir, We are calling from Mercury Insurance Private Limited. This is regarding a new life insurance policy from our company. Can I have some few minutes of your time to talk about this?’
Arun’s face turns furious and he screams ‘Nonsense, is this the time you call people and disturb them? From where the hell you are all getting the numbers? Better you people take those insurances for yourself first. Only then your family will be benefited if somebody kills you for the nuisances you create.’
Arun disconnects the call in fury and throws the mobile on the sofa. Mrunalini looks at him with worry.
' Mercury Insurance company' Arun imitates the voice in irritation. 'Why don't they start the companies in that planet itself and campaign to mercurians?'
' Mercury Insurance company' Arun imitates the voice in irritation. 'Why don't they start the companies in that planet itself and campaign to mercurians?'
‘Beta, it is not good to show anger and harshness on the people like this. They are all working for their survival. How do they know what situation we are in? You should have replied the call politely. We have to pity them’ Says Mrunalini in a sad voice.
Arun looks at her and says ‘Ma, this is not the time to pity others when we are in pitiful position.’
Rohit comes to the room and looks at both of them.
‘Has she come back?’ asks Rohit to them.
Arun looks around to find where the voice is coming from. He looks at Mrunalini and says ‘Ma, what happened? Your voice suddenly changed to male voice.’
Mrunalini looks at the direction where Rohit is standing. Arun looks at Rohit and pretends to surprise.
‘Did you ask anything now, Bhaiyya?’
Rohit turns irritated. He says ‘I asked has she came back?’ in a controlled angry tone.
Arun again pretends to get surprised. ‘Who came back?’
‘The one who you are all searching for. Trisha’ replies Rohit in patience holding tone.
‘Bhayya, you have quite a lot of work for yourself. Why do you want to waste your time knowing about unwanted things? You get back to your work. This is our headache.’ Says Arun and he turns to Mrunalini. ‘Ma, I will leave now. I will call you if I get any information. Ma, make sure no one knows about it. Instruct the servants and maids. If by chance media people come to know about this, the Rudra Murthy in our house will open his third eyes and all of us will become ashes.’ Says Arun looking at Rohit. Both of them stare at each other.
The mobile phone rings again. Arun looks at the phone and gets irritated. ‘Why those thunders are not at all falling on their heads?’ says to himself.
He takes the mobile phone and attends the call.
A lady voice is heard from opposite ‘Hello, may I speak to Mrs.Mrunalini Arte. This is regarding Trisha.’
Arun interrupts the speaker not hearing the full conversation and shouts at the person ‘Excuse me. Can’t you stop your nonsenses? We are already in a pathetic position and why you people are irritating us. You...’ Arun interrupts in the middle as he hears the name ‘Trisha’.
‘Hello, Did you say Trisha?’ asks Arun over the phone.
Mrunalini and Rohit go frantic and they look at Arun’s face.
The lady voice replies ‘Yes. I said Trisha only. I want to speak to her grandmother Mrs.Arte.’
Arun looks at them with brightened eyes and he continues to talk over the phone. ‘Yeah. I am her son only. You can talk to me. Do you have any information about her? Please tell us soon’
There is a silence for few seconds from the opposite side. Arun looks at the phone’s status. The call is still live. He says ‘Hello, can you hear me?’
The voice replies ‘Yes, I am hearing you. Are you Trisha’s father?’ asks the voice which expressed some rigidity that Arun was able to feel.
‘Nope. I am her father’s brother, her uncle. Please tell me anything you know about her.’ pleads Arun to her.
‘Oh, Ok. Listen to me Mr.Arte. I called you to inform that your child Trisha is right now at my home only.’ replies the voice but without the rigidity.
‘What?’ screams Arun with shock, surprise and joy all in a single voice. ‘Trisha is at your home? Really? Who are you speaking? Where are you? How is she now? Please tell me your place. We are all searching her for a long time and dying to know about her whereabouts.’ Arun looks at everyone in the house who share the same joy and happiness on hearing the news. Mrunalini’s eyes again sheds tears not in grief but in relief.
The lady voice replies him ‘Yes. Trisha is at my home for real. She is safe but…’
‘But what? Is she ok?’ asks Arun in worry.
‘See Mr.Arte. She is not ok and not feeling well right now. She has got high fever which is not at all stable. I am taking care of her now. My name is Rahini Dixit and I am her friend’s mother. My son is studying in the same school where your girl studies. Please inform her grandmother to come to my home as soon as possible. I have a lot of things to tell her.’
‘High fever?’ screams Arun in worry. Mrunalini turns worried too on hearing the word ‘fever’
‘What fever? Trisha has got any fever? Is my girl fine?’ asks Mrunalini interrupting the conversation. Arun signs her to wait and replies to the call.
‘OK. You please tell me your address. We will come soon.’
Arun takes a paper and pen in his hands and notes down the address which he hears on the phone. ‘Ok. The place is very near to our home only. I will come in ten minutes.’ Arun disconnects the call and looks at Mrunalini.
‘Ma, Trisha is safe. She is at her friend’s home only. Very near to our house.’ Says Arun in a cheerful voice.
Mrunalini’s face turns bright on hearing this but she turns worried. ‘Beta, you were saying something like fever. What is that?’
Arun replies her carefully ‘Ma, Trisha has got some fever. That lady told like that.’
‘Hey Bhagwan! Why it is like this? Always something bad happens to her. Now where is she? Who called you now?’
‘A lady named Rahini called. She said Trisha is with her now’ replies Arun.
‘Rahini? Is she with her now?’ asks Mrunalini in surprise. Arun looks at her in surprise and asks ‘Yes Ma. Rahini only. Why?’
Mrunalini’s face turn happy and she joins her hands with smile in lips and tears in her eyes. ‘Thank God. My girl is in very safe hands. Hey Bhagwan, you really showed that you exist. You are really great Bhagwan’
Rohit and Arun look at her with full of surprise. Arun asks ‘Ma, you know that lady already?’
Mrunalini looks at him and replies in a cheerful voice. ‘Yes beta. I knew her very well. An angel in a human form. Every time God is sending her at correct time to protect my girl from evils. This is only called as ‘destiny’. God has something in His mind. That is why these are all happening. What else I can say?’
Arun does not say anything but he shows an interesting look at his mother. ‘Ok Ma. Let us get her back to home. It is already very late.’
‘Yes. Let us go’ says Mrunalini and steps with him but Arun stops her. ‘Ma. I will go and bring her. You don’t worry. Please stay at home.’
Mrunalini looks at him angrily and says ‘No way. I am going with you. I want to see my girl immediately. I cannot wait anymore longer.’
Arun holds her hands gently and smiles ‘Ma, our problem is solved. We found where she is and she is very near to us. I will bring her soon. Just a matter of 15 to 20 minutes. You please stay and meanwhile inform our doctor soon. Don’t how much she is ill. You get everything ready while I go there’ says Arun to her.
Mrunalini looks sad and replies ‘Yes. You are correct. You go and get her soon. I will call the doctor.’
Arun leaves the place fast and Mrunalini too leaves the place talking to her doctor in her mobile. Neither of them cared to talk to the Six feet three inches tall stunned guy because of whom their little princess came to this world.
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Rahini disconnects the call and looks at Trisha sleeping still. She again touches her forehead. Her fever reduced further. Radha enters the room with medicine and hot water.
‘Have you informed her house?’ asks Radha
‘Yes, Chithi. They are coming now.‘ replies Rahini.
Radha looks at her and asks ‘They means?’
‘Her grandmother and her uncle’
‘Uncle? Why her parents are not coming?’
Rahini looks at the girl pitifully ‘Chithi. She has no mother. And father is almost like does not exist.’
Radha does not ask anything. She gives the tablet and water to her. ‘Wake her up and give this medicine.’ Says Radha.
Rahini leans her hands to her to get it while she is distracted by a sudden scream from the bed which both of them did not expect.
‘Papu, please don’t beat me. Please don’t beat me. It is paining.’ Trisha shouts in full voice in unconscious state. Both Rahini and Radha are taken aback by this and both of them rush to her.
Trisha’s hands and legs pulls in different directions and Rahini tries to catch hold of her hands and Radha catches her legs. Trisha continues to scream in full volume repeatedly saying ‘Papu, it is paining. Please don’t beat me.’
Rahini could not believe what she is hearing and she turns completely shocked. Meanwhile she and Radha try to stop her trauma. After a few minutes Trisha stops screaming. She opens her eyes slowly and looks at her surroundings. Rahini moves towards her slowly and touches her. Trisha gives jolt movement and gets scared.
‘Beta. Don’t panic. It is me. Rahini aunty. You remember that we met that day.’ says Rahini in a gentle voice and tries to console her.
Trisha looks at her in fear and stares at her. Rahini looks at her in worry but she tries to console the child and smiles at her. Trisha blinks at her and does not say anything. Rahini slowly sits beside her and goes near to her. Trisha does not react to anything and she keeps staring at her.
Rahini holds her gently and slowly pulls her towards her. Trisha resists her pulling but yields after a while and move towards her.
Suddenly a blast sound is heard from somewhere panicking the girl and Trisha rushes towards Rahini and starts to scream in fear.
‘Aunty, I will not go to my home aunty. Please don’t send me to my home. If I go there, my Papa will kill me. Please aunty. Don’t send me to my home.’ Trisha keeps on screaming and Rahini’s face could not go more shocked than this in her lifetime. She tries to console the girl and hugs her tightly. Trisha does not stop screaming and she too tightly hugs Rahini.
Trisha starts to cry and screams on other side. ‘Aunty, I will not go to my home. I will die if I go there. My Papa told me that I killed his wife and he will kill me one day for killing his happiness. I am very scared aunty. He did beat me saying that I am a devil who destroyed his life and he hates me a lot for it. Please aunty don’t let my papa to kill me. I am scared to die.’ screams Trisha in full fear.
Rahini turns like a statue on hearing the words from the little girl’s mouth. She now understood what has happened to her and answer for the finger marks on Trisha’s back. She comes back to reality and sees the girl who is in the peak of fear of her own father. She holds her hands and says gently to her.
‘Beta, listen to me’ says Rahini as she consoles her. Trisha does not leave her and hugs as tightly as much as she can. Rahini tries to relieve her From the hug and looks at the scared girl.
‘Beta. Listen to me. I am promising you now. I will not send you anywhere against your wishes. Even if god comes and orders me to send you to your father, I will not obey him. You are going nowhere from me. OK?’
Trisha looks at her and asks ‘Really aunty? You will not send me to my father isn’t it?’ in a doubt.
Rahini’s eyes start to shed tears and she hugs the girl again and says ‘No beta. I told you isn’t it. I will not send you to your home at any cost. Don’t get scared. I am there for you. Nobody can separate you from me. And until I am alive I will not let your father come near you or kill you. I will destroy him even if he ever thinks of killing you.’ says Rahini with full rage and anger on the girl’s father whom she has not met.
Rahini suddenly feels a jolt in Trisha’s body. Trisha starts to pull her hands and legs again. A white liquid spills from her mouth bewildering both Rahini and Radha
‘Kadavule (oh God!)’ screams Radha to Rahini. ‘She has got epilepsy. We have do something.’
Rahini gets shocked on hearing the word epilepsy. She tries to stops the jolt in her body but Trisha does not reciprocate.
‘Chithi, what shall we do now?’ asks Rahini in panic.
Radha too looks worried. She rushes to somewhere and returns with a heavy iron chain. She places the chain in her hands and makes her hold tightly. Kannapiraan also comes to the room and sees the situation in worry.
Trisha holds the chain tightly and her jolt reduces gradually. The epilepsy stops at one point and Trisha goes unconscious scaring both of them.
‘Let us not waste time. We have to take her to the hospital immediately. Otherwise she might get paralytic attack.’ Says Radha in hurry.
Rahini takes Trisha in her hands and steps outside. ‘Chithi, her grandmother is coming here. So you please stay and send her to the hospital. I will leave with Chitapa now.’
Kannapiraan and Rahini with Trisha rush to the hospital leaving worried Radha at home.
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