പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n. AkapsX H^p Wo* Wn`knant]msXm¸w, AkapsX PÀeml]¯n hvO`n¸n¡mWm]n Aksâ A^s¡«v Smtjm«p làn]m]n Af^p¶Spw Mm³ {l²n¨p. AkaptXSnsWm¸w Aktâ]pw A^s¡«pNÄ lm´fm]n. AkapsX ssNNapw Nm`pNapw AksW k^nªpfp_p¡n. NnS¨psNm*v AkWknsX SaÀ¶pNnX¶p. AkWq^ns]_nª K«ns]Xp¯p, AkÀ Nm\msS, WWsªm`n¡p¶ Fsâ SpX]nXp¡v Mm³ CX]v¡nsX SpX¨p. Npt_¡jnªp AkamUyw N®pSp_¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n. Wm\t¯msX Aksâ A^s¡«n Ipän]n^p¶ AkapsX Nm`pNÄ Smjv¯n]n«p. sW©n NnX¡p¶ Aksâtf`pÅ bnXnknXmsS AkÄ NnX¶p. Nm`pNÄ Smjv¯n]t¸mÄ Ip^p§n] Aksâ Np® AkapsX bq_nÂWn¶v bp_¯m]n. ASnÂWn¶pw At¸mjpw SpÅnNÄ Cäpko\p. AkapsX bq_nÂWn¶v Aksâ sNmjp¯ hvO`Ww H`n¨n_§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AkapsX fp`NÄ¡ptf f]§n¡nX¡p¶ Aksâ Nknan AkÄ D½ k¨p. Fsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n]n^p¶ AkapsX N®pNan t`mNw bnXn¨X¡n] emkfm]n^p¶p. Mm³ In^n¨ptbm]n. AkÄ bSns] b_ªp,
“”””Npªp\Àt¶ms«, bn¶osX\o¡mw” Mm³ AsSs]¶v S`]m«n. Gs_ tW^w Njnªp Ak³ N®pSp_¶p. AkapsX sW©nÂWn¶v D]À¶t¸mÄ AksW Ipän]n^p¶ AkapsX bnXnkn«p. Ak³ N«n`nÂWn¶v F\oäp. Akapw sbs«¶v F\oäp. Ct¸mÄ AkÄ¡v WPvWSs]¡p_n¨p H^p In´]pfnsöv FWn¡ptSm¶n. Ajns¨_nª fps*Xp¯p Akaksâ SpÅn]näp¶ Np®]pw SpX]pw SpX¨psNmXp¯p. AkapsX Nm`n`qsX Aksâ skÅw H`n¨n_§p¶p*m]n^p¶p. ASv SpX]v¡m³ SpX§n] AktamXv Mm³,
“”””^*ptb^pw dmSv_qfn tbm]n NjpNn]n«pkm”. AksW bnXn¨psNm*v AkÄ dmSv_qfnt`¡v tbm]n. NjpNnt¯mÀ¯n AkÀ k¶t¸mÄ Mm³ ssWäns]Xp¯p A\nªn^p¶p. AksW thmc]n`n^p¯n, fp³bn WPvW]m]n fp«pNp¯n]n^p¶v Akaksâ {So tcmÀSv Nm`n`qsX fp«nWp fpNant`¡p]À¯n. bns¶ AksW F\o¸n¨pWnÀ¯n, bn¶nÂWn¶v ASpk`n¨p fpNant`¡p]À¯n. A^]ns`¯n]t¸mÄ H^pssNsNm*v Aksâ fq¶pw sbm¯n¸nXn¨p, f_pssNsNm*kÄ ASv k`n¨p]À¯n. hmkVmWw AkÄ fps*Xp¯p fp`]v¡pfpNan Ipän]pXp¯p. Fsâ]Xp¯pk¶n^p¶v Fsâ tSman S`Im]v¨p, Fs¶ sN«n¸nXn¨p Akan^p¶p. FSnt^]pÅ Nth^]n`n^p¶v M§satWm¡n Ak³ b_ªp,
“”””bm_pk½ Ct¸mjpw H^p NWyN]m\t½”. Wm\t¯msX AkÄ N®X¨p.

“”””bm_pknWnWn H¶pw sI¿m³ Njn]nÃ. Wfp¡n¶v bp_s¯knsXs]¦n`pw tbm]n A¯mjw Njn¡mw tfmtW” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””Wfps¡s´¦n`pw km§n¸n¨mt`m?” AkapsX tImUyw.
“”””CknsX Njn¨m ko*pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv