What is love?-Part 3

Sujatha met Karthik at his office and placed a request in front of him.She made him feel guilty for not having understood her love for him in college.

Her request pushed him into dilemma.Sujatha's plan hit the bull's eye.


Karthik was totally confused.
He wanted to make up for his fault but, how could he spoil his family life?

With these thoughts he goes back home ruminating.


Back at Karthik's home:
Karthik went back home lost in thoughts about this proposal.

Lakshmi sensed that something was not alright in him.

He reluctantly told his wife what had happened and waited for a firy response.

He expected that she would be very angry with him to not have slapped Sujatha right away for such a proposal.

But, the reaction he got was startling.

She said,"Sujatha had been straight-forward in her love for you.She had proposed to you and you were the one who had ignored it playfully.

Her love had been true so, she is not able to forget you.

You say she has lost her parents.So, she is all alone now.

We can never repay her in money for the help she has done by saving our child.

So, we have to give her back in the way that will make her happy.                     

This time too she has been plain about her wish and I respect her for that.

I think ,atleast this time you should honour her feelings.

What do you say?"

Karthik was stunned and speechless.
He could not make out how he felt at that moment.
But,he went to bed as a relieved man.

The next day, the first thing he did when he went to office was to ring up to Sujatha and tell her the decision.

He had accepted her request.
The details were discussed and decided.

At a resort:

After about a week,
Karthik and Sujatha selected a good resort and spent a couple of days together.

They shared everything that was to be shared between them and they parted their ways.

While they were to leaving, Karthik asked,"where will you go now?"

Sujatha just gave him a smile and left the place.

After that incident Karthik had tried to find her whereabouts many times but, all in vain.
Some said she had left the city while some said she had left to a different country.
But, Karthik could not find her even after lot of efforts.

Krithika

                     Years rolled by and the little girl Krithika grew up to me a beautiful damsel.

20 years had passed.

But, Karthik had never once heard from Sujatha after that incident.

If Sujatha had wanted she could have easily traced him for he was so famous now.
But, she did not.