Part 46 Patch up

Sathya Narayana was shocked to know the truth that Arnav was Arvind's son.

"Are you his son? That was why he took you to his Place?"

"No... when I came here, he didn't know I'm his son."

"Then how did he get to know you are his son?"

"By seeing my mother's photo that's in my purse"

"Unbelievable..."

"Yes, many unbelievable things are happening in this village" Arnav smiled and saw Sathya Narayana's daughter staring at him, and he felt awkward.

"I want you to come to our Palace and end your enmity, sir", Arnav requested.

Sathya Narayana saw his daughter Kamini gaping at Arnav.

"Kamini..." he called.

"Haan?"

"Bring something for Arnav", he said.

Kamini nodded okay and rushed to the kitchen.

"Come on, Arnav. please sit"

Arnav smiled inwardly. He asked him to sit only after knowing he was Arvind's son, the Prince. He didn't deny it because he wanted Sathya Narayana to come to the Palace. So, he accepted his respect.

Kamini came with coffee and gave it to Arnav. Sathya Narayana noticed the spark in his daughter's eyes. He guessed the reason. After all, Arnav was a handsome man.

"Will you come with me?" Arnav asked.

Sathya Narayana nodded, and Arnav smiled with satisfaction.

"Shall we go?" Arnav stood up.

"You go. I will follow you"

"Shall I come with you, Appa?" Kamini asked.

Sathya Narayana looked at Arnav and nodded. Kamini joined him. Arnav asked the driver to start the car. Sathya Narayana followed their car. The Pancha Nandhi villagers looked at them, awestruck, unbelievably.

Sivan Kudil

Arnav brought them to the Palace. Arvind, who just descended the stairs, got stuck seeing Sathya Narayana at his Palace. He rushed to him and hugged him in no time, making him thunderstruck. He didn't expect Arvind to give him such a warm welcome. He was indeed melted. He reciprocated the hug.

"I missed you a lot..." Said Arvind.

The Murthy brothers gathered with their families. It was not hard for them to identify who the man was. Though they were not on talking terms, they crossed Sathya Narayana often as they lived in the nearby villages. They were shocked to see Sathya Narayana in the Palace. They could not believe he was there. They had no idea how the friendship that had been broken twenty-six years back suddenly regenerated.

"How did he come here?" Krishna Murthy asked.

Chandra Murthy shrugged his shoulders.

Sathya Narayana felt guilty, seeing Arvind in him so much. Arvind broke the hug and held Sathya Narayana's shoulders.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know you loved Ratna. Trust me, I didn't get your message. I would have called off the wedding if I had seen your message" Arvind literally apologised for the mistake he didn't make.

The Murthy brothers looked at each other perplexed. Would Arvind learn the truth? If they shared past happenings, then the truth would definitely come out. They were already facing problems because of Arnav and Khushi. In addition, Sathya Narayana had also arrived in their lives. They didn't know how many issues they would have to face.

Sathya Narayana looked at the Murthy brothers, who were watching them tensed.

"Didn't you get my message?" He asked Arvind.

Arvind nodded no.

"You know very well what situation I had been in. I was not interested in marrying anyone, but I did because of my father. Don't you know how arrogant he was! He brought me to Tamilnadu, throwing my pregnant wife in the river. I thought she was dead, but by God's grace, she didn't die. She and the child in her womb were saved. You won't believe it if I say Arnav is my son."

Arvind smiled at Arnav.

"Arnav told me. He wants us to sort out our misunderstanding."

"I'm sorry. I made Arnav stay with me, who was supposed to join as your manager. I didn't do it with bad intentions. I just did that for Ratna. She called him SON and was not ready to leave him. I didn't know what to do because I didn't want to disappoint her because it might have affected her condition, as she was mentally ill already."

"It's all fate. Your son reached your palace that belongs to him. What else can we say?"

Arvind nodded.

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. I should have been patient. We could have sorted out our issues long ago if I had met you once. My anger didn't let me see things wisely. Otherwise, we would not have grown our enmity," SN regretted.

"I never thought you as my enemy. I was confused because you broke all the ties with me with no reason."

Sathya Narayana nodded and said,

"I didn't even tell you the reason..."

"Leave it... I'm glad at least now you understand that I was not at fault"

Sathya Narayana nodded.

"You should have dinner with us today." Arvind requested.

"It's ok, Arvind. I will come one day for sure"

"Don't deny... it had been long we ate together"

Sathya Narayana nodded.

Arnav was observing the Murthy brothers, who could not conceal their annoyance. Their faces emitted irritation.

Arvind looked at them and said,

"They are my brother-in-laws. Chandra Murthy and Krishna Murthy"

"I know them..." Sathya Narayana smirked.

The Murthy brothers spared a glance. How won't he know them? He asked for Ratna's hand in marriage from them only...!

"Are they here to meet you?" Sathya Narayana intentionally asked as if he didn't know they were settled in the Palace.

"They are straying here only..."

"Staying here? From when?"

"It has been long since they shifted to the Palace. Their gowdown met with a fire accident, and they lost everything..."

Cutting him off,

"Everything means?"

"All the properties..."

"How is it possible? They would not have kept money and jewels in the Gowdown, but only Paddy, rice and grains, right? Then, how did they lose EVERYTHING?" It was indeed a mockery.

Arvind looked at those who were suffocating.

"They would have liked to be with their sister... after all, this was heirless property..." SN smirked, shocking the Murthy brothers.

"What do you mean, Mr Sathya Narayana?"

"I mean, you want to be the guardian to the heirless property. Did I say anything wrong?" he chuckled.

Both the Murthys glared at him.

"They were so excited to get her sister married to the PRINCE. They don't even consider my alliance, " he said Arvind.

"At that time, we were talking about getting Ratna married to you", Cahndra Murthy said.

"Yeah, yeah, they were so interested in getting her sister married to a Prince. They didn't care if the Prince was interested in the wedding. The TAG is like that... PRINCE" Sathya Narayana taunted.

Murthy brothers fumed.

"You know what? You said you didn't know about the message I sent you. But, I received a reply. If you didn't receive my message, who sent me the reply?"

"How could you have received the reply if he didn't know about your message?" Chandra Murthy asked.

Sathya Narayana removed his purse and took a paper. He handed it to Arvind.

"I still keep this paper safely, not wanting to forgive you. Look at this"

The Murphy brothers definitely didn't expect him to be keeping it safely after a long year.

Arvind looked at the paper. It was a letter written by Sathya Narayana to him. On the back of the letter, there was a reply.

Arvind looked at Krishna Murthy, who looked down. The handwriting in the letter looked similar to that of Krishna Murthy.

"This is not my handwriting", Arvind said.

"Is it your father's?"

Arvind nodded no.

"No... it's not his handwriting too"

"Could you identify the handwriting?"

"I will check and say", Arvind said, making the Murthy brothers gulp.

Sathya Narayana looked at his daughter, who was gazing at Arnav.

"Kamini..."

"Haan?"

"Come"

Kamini moved to them.

"She is my daughter, Kamini"

Kamini smiled at Arvind.

"Your father and I are friends", Arvind smiled.

Kamini nodded.

Arvind looked at Khushi and said,

"Khushi, show her our Palace"

Khushi nodded.

"Go, Kamini. Khushi will show you our Palace"

Kamini went with Khushi. Arvind and Sathya Narayana started talking about their school memories.

"Shall I ask you something?" Sathya Narayana asked.

"Anything"

"Our friendship broke due to a marriage. Why not we make it firm by another wedding?"

Arvind was alerted. He guessed what Sathya Narayana was supposed to say.

"I, too, want to tell you about a wedding. My son's wedding is fixed. We are just waiting for Ratna to recover. Their wedding will be next month," he said hurriedly.

"Who is the Bride?" Sathya Narayana asked, looking at Arnav.

"Khushi" Arnav said.

"Khushi?"

"I already told you when we met"

"But, at that time, you were not a Prince"

"Prince is just a TAG. I'm Arnav. That's what matters. My mind will be stable whether I'm a Prince or a King. Khushi will be my wife." He said firmly.

To be continued...