Chapter 11: Charm and Proposal: The Proposal of Marriage and Karthik
After a few hours Jayaraj, Vasundhara and Rahul are having their dinner and there Jayaraj noticed the absent minded look on the face of Rahul and seeing this Jayaraj understood that Rahul is in deep thought of Kavya.
Jayaraj kept staring at Rahul and soon Vasundhara joined him as well who saw her son going head over heels for a girl.
Seeing this she looked at Jayaraj who gave her nod which she received as well and then she looked at Rahul and asked him, "Rahul how is the chicken ?"
Rahul: "...."
Rahul remained silent without giving any answer. So Vasundhara asked him once again but the answer from him remained the same.
Seeing this both Jayaraj and Vasundhara knocked on the dining table and this broke the imagination of Rahul about Kavya and brought him back into the reality.
"Mom, Dad what happened ?" Coming back to reality he tried to find if something happened or not due the sound that he has heard.
Seeing acting like that both Jayaraj and Vasundhara gave out a laugh which made Rahul to feel confused.
But then putting his hands down on the dining table, Jayaraj said, "Nothing much happened son. It's just that you were in another world in your imagination."
Rahul: "Dad what are you talking about ? I am here only."
Vasundhara: "Rahul we are your parents. You can't fool us. You were acting like a boy who is in love. Now tell us who is that girl ?"
Hearing the words of her mom, Rahul felt embarrassed as a red blush appeared on his face.
Rahul: There is no one like that mom."
Saying this Rahul put down his head trying hard to avoid making the eye contact with his parents.
Seeing this Jayaraj put his hand on the hand of Rahul and said, "Son you are not doing anything wrong. To love someone is the best feeling in this world. Look at me and your mom. We both love each other a lot because for both of us we are the ones whom we want to love, cherish and care for. And now you are also on your path to love, cherish and care that person for whom you have fallen in love with. There is nothing wrong with it. So tell us who that lucky girl is who is going to be our Daughter-in-law ?"
The words of encouragement from Jayaraj made Rahul to look up towards his parents who are giving a warm smile to him.
The smiles of both of them made Rahul to feel very delighted and without any embarrassment and fear Rahul said, "You are right. This is nothing wrong that I am doing. So yes it is true that I am in love. And that girl is Kavya."
Hearing the name of Kavya both Jayaraj and Vasundhara acted like being surprised and then immediately becoming happy and appreciating the choice Rahul has made for his life partner.
Jayaraj: "Kavya is a really nice girl and she has really noble thinking."
Vasundhara: "You are right Jay. That girl is really sweet. I have liked her after meeting her. It will be really great to make her our daughter-in-law."
Jayaraj: "You are absolutely correct Vasu. We will go to meet Ram Chandra Rao and his family tomorrow morning with the marriage proposal."
Hearing this Rahul became very happy and smiled very brightly. And seeing the smile of Rahul both Jayaraj and Vasundhara smiled as well.
But beneath that smile a thought ran in the mind of Jayaraj which was, "We will finally meet tomorrow morning Karthik."
After that they finished their dinner and then they all went to their rooms with a happy Rahul thinking about tomorrow morning.
Coming to the room, Vasundhara dialed the number of Mani Ratnam and told him to prepare all of the things that they will bring with them to Ram Chandra Rao's house.
The next morning...
At Ram Chandra Rao's house the morning is going very normally with Ram Chandra Rao reading newspaper.
Ram Chandra Rao's elder brother is sitting right next to him with tension on his face due to the absence of his son Ravi.
Ravi is actually a police officer who has an evidence against Deepak and his illegal activities. So to find that evidence Deepak has taken Ravi hostage.
And in between all of this Deepak has faced a serious problem in his illegal liquor business which Kathik has busted after Ria who had mistaken him as a police officer called and told him about this.
Due to his concern and love for Ria Karthik went to that location and busted the activities going on there.
Back at the topic, the elder brother of Ram Chandra Rao shared his concern about his son and hearing that Karthik said, "My brother is a police officer. And police officers do many undercover operations. So he might be in one of those operations. Don't worry he will be back."
Hearing these words of Karthik, one of his friends who is present there and is having breakfast with Karthik said, "My brother Bruce Lee(a nickname of Karthik) knows very well about the life and problems."
He took a sarcastic dig at Karthik who is now pretending to be a police officer in front of Ria. So after hearing this Karthik hit his friend slightly.
Meanwhile Ram Chandra Rao consoled his brother when they all some footsteps coming towards them.
And when they looked at the main entrance of their house they saw Jayaraj and Vasundhara entering their house with gifts.
When all of the people present there saw them they all got up and stood straight.
Entering inside and coming closer Jayaraj said looking at Ram ChandraRao, "I thought you were only the pride of our company. But you are the pride of our family as well."
Hearing this Ram Chandra Rao called both of his employers to take a seat and coming closer to Ram Chandra Rao, Jayaraj moved his eyes and found Karthik standing with his friend.
Seeing Jayaraj gave a smile to which Karthik replied as well.
Sitting on his seat and putting his hand on the shoulder of Ram Chandra Rao, Jayaraj said, "Ram Chandra Rao garu we are here for an important matter. Rahul."
Jayaraj called Rahul who entered immediately hearing the call and soon he took the seat near his mother.