അച്ഛനില്ലാത്ത രാത്രി 1 [Asuran] 1266

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ss¶ A¶v ^m{Sn FWn¡v Fs´mt¡t]m hwekn¡pw Fs¶Wn¡v D_¸m]n^p¶p. AkÀ Fsâ Nm`nWnX]nt`¡v {btklWw `en¡mWpÅ b²SnNÄ Bhq{S\w sI¿p¶p*v F¶Sv Ak^psX fpOw b_]p¶p*m]n^p¶p. CWn AkÀ Bhq{S\w sI]vS b²Sn]psX WnÀkmi\w F§sW B]n^n¡pw F¶Sm\v FWn¡_nt]*Sv.

AWn]·mÀ Fsâ tfs` Fs´¦n`pw sI¿pw F¶_n]p¶Sv sNm*v Ss¶ Mm³ Aks^ Nm\mSn^n¡m³ tk*n Ss¶ Fsâ fp_n]n`n^n¡m³ SpX§n. AkÀ Bhq{S\w sI¿p¶ b²Sn F´m\v F¶_n]m³ FWn¡v e]¦^ BNmwg. FWn¡v fsäm¶nt`¡pw Fsâ {l² tbmNp¶nÃ. hf]w Wo§n sNmt*]n^p¶p. AWn]·mÀ Fs¶ ks¶m¶v tWm¡n]Spw tbm`pfnÃ. CWn FÃmw sk_psfsâ tSm¶Â fm{Sfmt\m. CWn ASv F§mWpw Fsâ tSm¶Â fm{Sfms\¦n Fsâ DÅn F´m\v H^p Wn^ml bX^p¶Sv. CWn Mm³ F§mWpw CsSÃmw Cãs¸«p SpX§nt]m? CWn Ct¸mÄ F§mWpw Aks^¡mÄ Cu hvbÀlWhpOw B{Pin¡p¶Sv Mm³ Bt\m.?

hf]w A©^ Njnªp. AWn]·m^psX emP¯v Wn¶pw ]msSm^pknV Wo¡kpw D*m]nÃ. ASv FWn¡v Blzmh¯nWv bN^w Wn^ml fm{Sfm\v D*m¡n]Sv. H^p tka Mm³ F§mWpw AWn]·mt^mXv sI¶v Zm ssf^pNsa Fsâ fp` H¶v sM¡n sbm«ns¡Xm F¶v b_]pw F¶v ks^ FWn¡v tSm¶n. GSm]m`pw Smsj sI¶v Ak·mÀ F´v sI¿pN]m\v F¶v tWm¡mw F¶v knIm^n¨p sNm*v Mm³ Smtj¡v sI¶p.

Smtj¡v sI¶ Fs¶ N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ ^*p tb^psX]pw fpOw 1000 km«v dÄdv fmSn^n {bNmlbq^nSfm]n. Mm³ sI¶v Xnkn]psX fq¶n C^p¶p. Xnkn]n A§sW Nm^yfm] b^nbmXn H¶pw CÃ. N*p bjNn] hnWnfNÄ fm{Sw. FWn¡v l^n¡pw tdmÀ AXn¨p SpX§n. AWn]pw hpWn]pw H^pfn¨v Ft¶mXm]n b_ªp.

“”tI¨n Cu tdmÀ hnWnfNapw N*n^n¡pN]mt\m. km W½p¡v tks_ Fs´¦n`pw sI]mw.””

“”tks_ F´p sI¿m³.”” Mm³ hwl]t¯msX Aks^ tWm¡n.

“”A½ CÃm¯Sv AtÃ. W½p¡v AXn¨p sbman¡mw.”” AWn]m\v ASv b_ªSv.

“”km tI¨n. W½p¡v Np_¨p tW^w Zm³hv sI¿mw.”” hpWn bq^n¸n¡pN]pw sI]vSp.

FWn¡v Ak^psX fWÊn`n^p¸v fWÊn`m]n. A§sW tW^n«v Ak^psX sN\n]nt`¡v WX¶p sNmXp¡m³ FWn¡v huN^yw CÃm]n^p¶p. ASv sNm*v Ss¶ AkÀ b_ªSv Mm³ Wn^hn¨p.

“”km tI¨n. tI¨n CÃmsS H^p ^hfnÃ.”” Wn^ml bq* Fsâ AWn]·mÀ Fs¶ Wn^vdÔnIp sNmt*]n^p¶p.

A§sW Wn§Ä Fs¶ S¸* ssf^pNsa F¶v fWÊn b_ªp sNm*v Mm³ Akt^mXm]n b_ªp. “” Wn§Ä BUyw Nan¡v. Np_¨p Njnªp tI¨n]pw NqXmw.””

fWÊn`mfWtÊmsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv