chapter 52

Agathiyan's POV "Shiva I hope you know what is the consequence of your decision""I know Anna and I didn't took this decision without thinking anything anna....I hope you trust me on my decision""Until you own up the Responsibility you are signing up to Shiva......""Stop scaring me anna ""I am just stating the fact da...anyway what about chithi""I managed to persuade her. Even though she wasn't fully agreed with this but she said she is agreeing for me....That's itself a big achievement I think ""That's true.....Okay I am cutting the Call....Pathukoo sariya "(Take care okay)"Okay naa.....Anni kitaiyum solidu she doesn't have to worry about this "(say the same to sister in law too)"hmmmm okay bye.." I ended the call... he is asking me to tell her so casually... I don't believe she will take this matter lightly. By now, if she has checked her phone, she might be aware of all the commotion that occurred at home, and it wouldn't surprise me if I find her packing her things again, preparing to leave...Shaking my head, I went inside and climbed the stairs to reach our room, only to find her lying on the bed, holding her head, with her phone beside her... Hmm, she knows now..."Thulir..."I Called her name.......she lazily opened her eyes and looked at me and again closed her eyes.....after sometime patted the space beside her......I signed and sat beside her....she shifted closer to me and placed her head on my lap....Both of us didn't spoke......after sometime she broke the silence and spoke to me without opening her eyes ...."You know about this new demand didn't you Agathiya""hmmm""Don't you think we both have to be in Revathi Illam at this time Agathiya?????""What do you think Thulir?"She sighed, turned to face me, and opened her eyes.....her fingers were playing with mine "To be honest I don't want to go.....I just want to sleep in your lap while you run your fingers in my hair to calm me..........But I can't do that""why?"" Because I am not Thulir.....I am Mrs. Thulir Agathiyan"She said with a smile "What's the difference..."Thulir sighed, sat up, and said"It's huge Agathiya.....and already I gave lot of gossips to people don't want to add up more in that list""Which list??? what are you talking about Thulir??"I asked her with confusion "Oh I forgot you stopped accompanying me to any functions......and don't blame me because you asked for it....."She warned me and cleared her throat.....what is she doing??"Let's begin with the allegations against my mother and then delve into Thulir's manipulative and strategic maneuvers to maintain control over Revathi Illam.Mrs.Uyir Jayadev who is actually the daughter of the eldest son of Aadhithya and Revathi couple....Mr.Shivashankar.....How clever that man is he made his son as CEO after him then married off his daughter to Devaki's son....as per the will It's Devaki who should have inherit the heirship of Ramachandran groups but she let go of that for his brother in return of daughter in law...In that way all the powers will pass to only his son and daughter....Even his kids followed the same path...even though Uyir changed the will saying she is giving equal opportunity to all.....but if you look closely she was even more clever than her father....when she know Agathiyan going to get the heirship she made her elder daughter Thulir marry him and the younger daughter married Aadhavan who got the administrative powers so simply her daughters holds the power in Revathi illam as well as the business and shares....Appaa pathu adi panja pulla pathinaru adi panjichu.....ava ponu mupathi rednu adi panjita...You know how....as Thulir already have upper hand in family dynamics and her sister in business she doesn't want any competition to her that's why she choose Thugil for Amudhan.....Because He is the 3rd son of the family as Agathiyan didn't want to take up business...Aadhavan  have backlash due to his birth....the next in line is Amudhan right so she made right move in removing from the business line and his disability is also helped things go in her favor....As Thugil have no one and Thulir was the one who saved and gave shelter...Thugil would be loyal to her right...She didn't stopped with that.....after Amudhan her next target was spoiling Aadhithya's life.....he is young and he would get such infatuations and thinks that love.....as eldest daughter in law of the family she should made him understand marrying a girl who is 10 years elder to him and also she had 10 year old son.........But what Thulir did she supported Aadhi and made the marriage happen...Only 2 are remaining....and the marriage talks for Agni is also love come arranged one and that girl also from middle class family......so her route is almost clear she just have to find another middle class or orphan girl for Shiva then she would be the Queen of Revathi Illam.....and You see Uyir's both daughters didn't gave birth to sons...I think there is some problem with both of them that's why.....you know Thulir's have issues with her first pregnancy itself.....why won't it be....when she got pregnant, she was 33 so its obvious she got complications....and""ENOUGH WHAT RUBBISH ARE YOU BLABBERING"I yelled at her to stop her blabbering, but she only responded with loud laughter."Thulir its not any joke....and what are those you said.....who said that shits.."I asked her...she controlled her laughter and replied...."These are the things I get to hear in all the functions I attend in recent years Agathiya.....and don't you think they indeed have points.....I truly started thinking what if what they say are actually true....just that I am unaware of my own sinister intentions...what do you think""Rubbish....and who dared that much to speak about our family mainly you and Atthai....""They actually didn't.....It's just that I let them speak what ever they want and never stopped them even I heard them speaking.......Let them have some fun Agathiya""Nope.....That's not what I asked you......Our family ladies know how to put those gossiping people in their place........then how this happened.....even you don't entertain such people Thulir""Yeah I didn't.....In the past until I have someone to rant about that"She said with a smile....which confused me even more "What????""Okay.....let me explain.......Agathiya I am the girl born with silver spoon....and in anyway I don't have to please anyone neither seek anyone's validation....I was brought up with such attitude towards the life...yet my mother made sure I don't be an spoiled and arrogant brat who have zero empathy and EQ....I had zero tolerance towards nonsense....It's not like I am always up for fight and have huge interest in Quarrels.....But I do give befitting reply to those who offend me no matter who.....because when I go back home I would have people to rant about that.....At my home I had my grandfather to rant about me roasting others ......also Aadhavan when the quarrel is between you and me.....Amudhan If my anger is on both of you....I don't with anyone except you four....because I trusted you most and won't judge me at any point and keeps the secret.....And for me it's not the fights and arguments....its the rants that matters to me.....Aadhavan was there until that night.....and I stopped talking with you so there is no possible quarrel happened with you......And I still ranted about others to my Thatha.......when Aadhavan came back I had issues with you and him.....so I went to Amudhan to rant about you both.....Later, we got married, and my mother taught me never to let anyone come between my husband and me. Ranting about you to anyone didn't seem right, and I never did that after marriage, so it stayed with me. And after marriage, I had you to listen to my rants.So the circle of my rant is just you......and after that post pregnancy and you are at the stage of your promotion had huge workload and have less time for family function and stopped coming with me.....The discussions began at that point. Initially, I did put them in their place, but when I returned and wanted to vent, you were not willing to listen. You explicitly told me, "Shut up and keep your rants to yourself; I don't care about those gossips." That was the last time I actually confronted those individuals.Agathiya... the words of others may never affect me... but yours did...Now they think I am weak and started speaking much adding more and more allegation and actually they are the reason behind Tanurika's parents demands of saying her elder daughter should also get married to the same family....Because these people went to them and said all this and scared them.....As they are from middle class family and Tanurika is innocent girl I might torture her so to support her they wanted her elder daughter also get married in our family.....This situation came  because I didn't stopped their gossips from the beginning....That's why  Anju and Cinthu Atthai is upset on me because their sons lives are at sake here.....Infact You can't blame them for worrying about their sons.....So things  already messed up......you have no clue about family politics Agathiya.....That's why I am clueless about what to do now..........I want this break as well as don't want to run away from the mess happened because of my silence........""What you can do Thulir? Do you think you can make Shiva change his decision now........what you would answer him if he ask you "you decided about your marriage without consulting anyone from family and everyone supported your decision why can't you guys do the same and believe in my decision....I am not a kid "  huhh""I don't know Agathiya...."She said and fell back on the bed exhausted..."You don't have to answer him either Thulir...........If you got freedom to make your life decision Shiva also have the same freedom and we all were taught to own up to the consequences of our decision....he won't let us down Thulir....so calm down.....people in Revathi Illam can make decision without you if that regards their own life.......and we aren't not leaving this place for a week... You wanted to sleep right.... switch off that damn phone and sleep.... our family can survive without us...."I said to her with finality.... she tilted her head and looked at me...then patted the bed beside her..."Join me Agathiya...."