N¼nNp«³.sWäv F§sW tbmNpw?”
“”””Np_¨v A¸p_¯pWn¶pw Np¶n Wn¶pw bXnNÄ sN«n]n«p*v Smsj do¨nt`¡v tbmNm³.”
Ak³s_ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””F¦n km Wfp¡v Smtj¡v tbmNmw..”
Ak³ Aksa]pw sNm*v bXns¡«nWv AXpt¯¡v WX¶p.
At¸mjm\v AkÄ sFhv{Now kn¡p¶Sv N*Sv. DX³ Ss¶ AkÄ sFhv{Now tk\w F¶pw b_ªp diaw sk¨p.
Ak³ Ipäpw tWm¡n sNm*v b_ªp.
“””” Zn km§n¯^mw.. Wo C§sW sNm¨pNp«nNsat¸ms` diaw k]v¡msS, BÄ¡mÀ {l²n¡pw.”
“”””AkÀ {l²n¡p¶ F´nWm Mm³ Akt^mXv AÃtÃm Wnt¶mXtà b_]pt¶?”
Ak³ bns¶ AktamXv H¶pw b_ªnÃ. ^*v sFhv{Now km§n ASpw Njn¨p sNm*v AkÀ bXnNÄ C_§n do¨nt`¡v WX¶p.
Wà Sn^¡p*m]n^p¶p do¨nÂ. làfm]n kolp¶ Nmän bmkmX sbm§n tbmNmSn^n¡m³ AkÄ CX]v¡nX]v¡v ASn bnXn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.
Ak³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p sNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””Zm..Wfp¡v NX`nt`¡v C_§mw.”
Ak³ f\`nt`¡v C^p¶psNm*v b_ªp.
“””” Mm³ CÃ.. Wo tk\sf¦n tbm]n Sn^ Ikn«nt¡m..”
AksWFjpt¶Â¸n¡mWm]n Ak³s_ N¿n bnXn¨p k`n¨p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””Zm.. kmXm WÃ ^hfm]n^n¡pw.”
d`w bnXn¨v AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶p sNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””FWns¡m¶pw k¿ WW]m³.”
“”””C§sW H^p fXn]³..”
AkÄ sI^n¸pNÄ Du^n Ak³s_ AXp¯m]n sk¨p.
sI^p¸v sk¡pkmWm]n NpWnªt¸mÄ tXm¸nWpÅn¡pXn bn¦v {dm]n sbmSnª AkapsX fp`NÄ AkWv Nm\m³ bän. Ak³ sbs«¶v Ss¶ fpOw AknsX Wn¶pw Sn^n¨p.
AkÄ NX`nt`¡v C_§n Sn^NÄs¡m¸w HmXn¡an¡pkm³ SpX§n. CX]vs¡ms¡ N¿n skÅw tNm^n Ak³s_ tWs^ NpXªp.
l^n¡pw H^p sNm¨pNp«n]psX hzemkfm\v AkÄ¡v F¶kWv tSm¶n.
AkÄ Ak³s_ AXpt¯¡v k¶p tImUn¨p.
“”””Wo Sn^ Ikn«m³ C_§p¶pt*m?”
CÃ F¶v Ak³ S`]m«n. F¶n«v AktamXv b_ªp.
“””” NX`n NnX¶v Nan¡p¶sSms¡ sNmÅmw… f_nªp kojmsS tWm¡nt¡m.. skÅ tXm¸m\v C«n^n¡p¶Sv, WWªm AXn]n NnX¡p¶ bn¦v NaÀ Hs¡ bp_¯p Nm\m³ bäpw.”
Ak³ Ft´m sbs«¶§v b_ªptbm]Sm\v ASv.. b_ªpNjnªt¸mÄ ASv Ad²fm]n tbm]n F¶kWv tSm¶n.
ASv tN«v H^p Wnfngw AkÄ H¶v In´n¨p, sb«¶v Wm\w sNm*v Ipk¶p.
Ak³s_ tSman ssN Ip^p«n CXn¨p sNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“””” Joo… Wm\w CÃm¯k³.”
{dm]psX Na_nsW N¼nNp«³.sWäv
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