En kannama - 4

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Next day,

They met in their location, it is a flat in an apartment, which is their common meeting place,

Manikandan: Aditi okay ah ma!?

Aditi: Okay thaan sir.

Sumathi: Careful an irunthu irukalaam la ma.

Aditi: Careful ah irunthathaala thaan ithoda pochu mam.

Aditi: Jagan innum varalaya!?

Jagan: Vanthuta vanthuta.

Akilan and Dhilip arrived in a minute,

Akilan: Aditi okay ah?

She nodded.

Akilan: Jagan etha news iruka?

Jagan: Yes sir. Can I?

He nodded.

Jagan: Actually intha case la neraya loop holes iruku. Ammu oda case ah suicide nu close panna solli yaar kita iruntho pressure vanthu iruku. Most importantly, Varman ku intha case la involvement irukum ah nu police visarika start panna 2 days la he committed suicide. Ipothai ku ivalo thaan. Etha doubts iruntha kelunga.

Aditi: Involvement means?

Jagan: Ammu case la Varman mela doubt vanthu iruku. Avanum reason ah irukalaam nu.

Aditi: Ohhh.

Shakthi: Ithu pudhu news la.

He nodded.

Aditi: Akilan sir.

Akilan: Sollunga Aditi.

Aditi: Antha veetuku thirumba polaam ah!? Nethu ethume pannala due to that gunshot.

He nodded.

Akilan: Naanum poganum nu nenacha, would you like to join?

She nodded.

Akilan: Manikandan sir, ithula unga input!?

Manikandan: Ammu case la suicide, stress ithu elam thaandi etho onnu iruku Akilan. Naama yosikaatha oru periya crime. I'm planning to visit Ammu's college. Ammu case la oru hint kedacha Varman case ku useful ah irukum.

Akilan nodded and asked Dhilip to accompany him.

Aditi went with Akilan to Varman's place.

They reached the home and she started collecting samples.

After an hour,

Aditi: Polaam ah sir.

He sighed.

Akilan: Ipo ethuku ne chuma chuma sir ngra.

Aditi: Sir?

Akilan: I mean, sir nu elam koopda venam nu sonna ila Aditi.

Aditi: It's okay sir.

He fisted his hand to control his anger and smiled at her,

Akilan: Please. Intha sir aachu cut pannalaam la. Romba weird ah iruku, kan-

She glared at him.

Akilan: Sariiiii. Aditi. Aditi.

Aditi: Ipdi ninnu pesite iruka porom ah? Ila kelambalaam ah SIR?

She stressed that sir again.

Akilan: Enaku irritate aaguthu nu therinchi thana pandra.

Aditi: Huh?

Akilan: Onnum ila ma. Polaam.. Vaanga.

They left that place,

Akilan: Epo report kedaikum!?

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