July 16 (Mon):
Rukku is getting breakfast ready and setting the table. Ganapathy goes to her and asks her why she did not come to the mottai maadi as he had asked. Rukku tells him that he did not tell her anything. Ganapathy tells her he told her when the power was cut off and she was in the room. Rukku then says that she was in the kitchen when the power went off. Ganapathy wonders who he was talking to. Kalyani comes out of her room upstairs and sees both Ganapathy and Rukku talking. She calls for Nirmal and Divya and tells them to pack immediately. Both of them pack and come down with Kalyani.
Ganapathy wants to know why they are packed and where they are going. Kalyani tells him that she needs to go to the Ganges and cleanse herself as she feels she has done some sin. Rukku tells her that they can all go and why this sudden trip. Kalyani tells there is no need for Rukku to be obligated and if everyone went then who will take care of the house and the husband. Rukku says when she meant everyone it included Ganapathy too. Kalyani tells Rukku that temples and prayers would be a bore for him because the house is his temple but don't asks who the god is! Rukku is confused and Ganapathy asks her why she is talking in riddles. Kalyani then says that she has been an educated idiot who had placed total trust in people who have betrayed her and goes on saying that she has sinned against her DIL Jeeva. Again Ganapathy asks why Kalyani is talking like that.
This time Kalyani gets so mad she tells her son about Rukku-Ganapathy affair to Nirmal and Divya. Nirmal is stunned. Kalyani explains how both of them had plotted to get Jeeva out and how Jeeva had protected her as she was afraid that Kalyani would not be able to withstand the shock. She tells Nirmal that his father was willing to pay any amount of money to get Jeeva out of Nirmal's life. Kalyani tells Ganapathy that she got to know of their plot just in time because of her DIL's sincere prayers for the well being of the family. She then tells her children how for the past 30 years they had given her sleeping pills so that she would sleep while they were together. Both Ganapathy and Rukku are totally shocked at these revelations but are unable to deny it. Kalyani then asks them if her heart is now weak because of the medication they had given her all those years. She tells Nirmal to take her to see her DIL Jeeva immediately before anything happens to her as she wants to apologize for her mistake. She then takes both her children and leave the house. Rukku tries to stop her but Kalyani gives her a slap and tells her not to touch her or even speak to her. Both Divya and Nirmal to dismiss both Rukku and their father and leave with their mother. Rukku and Ganapathy are devastated. THODARUM.
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