Amidst all the conflicting emotions that passed through her aching head,there was one soothing thought of consolation - "25 years of undeviated devotion to the family had fetched her close to nothing while 25 days of friendship with a stranger had brought her immeasureable happiness!".
The joie de vivre that she experienced everytime she thought of Shekar's unadulterated genuine feelings reassured her the purpose of her existence as she realised that there was atleast one soul that understood her and wanted to be associated with her.
The final moment came,when she pulled all her courage and stepped out of her house.On the way,her kid brother spotted her with an yellow bag bearing her basic belongings,but chose not to call her back as he waved and shouted
"Akka..You should have done this long ago!Don't worry at all.For all your goodness,you will always be happy wherever you are!"
Apsara rushed to the hospital frantically,only to hear the shocking news that Shekar had been discharged the day before.She ran to the edge of the city where she could see from a distance that the cinema crew's tents had vanished and the people were finishing up loading the equipments and ready to leave the town.
This was her moment of reckoning!As she saw the buses leaving, filling the roads with all the dust and mud,her eyes were filled with tears as she drew a parallel to the way her life had been muddied too due to a small glimmer of hope!It dint take her long to see the dust on the road settle down revealing her path to glory ,with a man on crutches slowly ambling towards her!She jumped with joy as she ran towards the man of her life!
Back at home,it was history repeating itself with Apsara's kid brother busy humming the latest situational song
"thaanaana thaanaana kathukidanam..athil eppothum thapilla othukidanum",as he started waging the battle of his lifetime with the idly flour!
The dimly lit kitchen reverberated yet again with
ktaku''ktaku''ktaku''ktaku'
'kchpp''kchpp'
'ktaku''ktaku''ktaku''ktaku'
'kchpp''kchpp''kchpp''kchpp'
Concluded!
-Raapi
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