പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Ak³ {So tcmÀ¯pw Mm³ ssWän]pfm\v C«n^p¶Sv. bm_p¡p«n tfl]n FÃmw kna¼n]n^p¶p. M§an^p¶t¸mÄ AkÄ AXp¡a]nÂWn¶pw k¶p. ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mjpÅ ssWän]m\v AkaptX]pw tkgw. A`fm^]n Iq*n Aksasâ fpO¯ptWm¡n. Mm³ S`]m«n]t¸mÄ AkÄ A`fm^ Sp_¶v knh-vNn]pw fq¶p PvamÊpNapw tfl¸p_¯pk¨p. FÃmw kna¼ns]¶v H^n¡Â¡qXn D_¸m¡n]tlgw AkÄ Aksâ AXp¯v, FWns¡Sns^]n^p¶p. bt_m«]pw ss{cZv ss_hpw tNmjn]n_¨n]psX ^*pfq¶pS^w N_nNapfm\v D*m]n^p¶Sv. fq¶p PvamÊpNan ss`wKyqhpw Aksam^p¡n]n^p¶p. Ak³ fq¶p PvamÊpNan knhv–Nns]mjn¨p skÅw Wn_]v¡p¶SnWnX]n AkÄ M§aptX]pw bns¶ AkaptX]pw bvtaäpNan e£\w kna¼n. kas^ hf]sfXp¯v SfmlNÄ b_ªp M§Ä A¯mjw Njn¨p. Bim^w Njnªp Ak³ fp³klt¯¡ptbm]t¸mÄ AkÄ So³tfl HSp¡m³ SpX§n. MmWpfksa him]n¨p. AXp¡ahn¦n bm{S§Ä NjpNns¡m*n^p¶ AkapsX AXps¯¯n, A{bSo£nSfm]n Mm³ AkapsX ssWän sWt©maw k`n¨p]À¯n. ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mjpÅSptbms` ASnWXn]ns`m¶pfnÃ. AkÄ l^n¡pw sM«n, Npäkmans]t¸ms` Wn¶p.
“”””H^p fpSnÀ¶ B¬Np«n]pÅ ko«n AXn]ns`m¶pfnÃmsS Wn¡m³ WnWs¡§sW ssV^ywk¶p?” Fsâ N®ns` NbXtNmbw AkÄ bnXns¨Xp¯p. AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp,
“”””NpªnWv bpSpSms]m¶pw Nm\m³ Fsâ ssN]n`nÃtÃm”.
“”””sNm¨½]vs¡s´Ãmw Ds*¶p tWm¡t«” FWn¡v In´n¡msWm¡p¶SnWp fp¼v Aksasâ ssWän]p]À¯n. MmWpw A§sWSs¶]m]n^p¶p. AkÄ In^n¨ptbm]n. AXp¡a]X¨p fp³bns`¯n]t¸mÄ AksWm^p hnP^äv N¯n¨n^p¶p. AksWSns^]n^p¶p bm¡änÂWn¶v H^p hnPs^säXp¯p MmWkÄ¡p Wo«n. AkaSp ssN]n km§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Nan]m¡n,
“”””bm_pknWv CÃm¯ UpÈo`§sam¶pfnÔ. M§apsX hnP^äv Ak³ N¯n¨pS¶p. Nps_ tW^w hwhm^n¨n^p¶tlgw Ak³ D_§mWm]n H^p§n. “”””PpZv ssWäv– At½, bm_pkt½, Wmsa¡m\mw” Ak³ tNm«pkm]n«psNm*p b_ªp. C¶s` Fsâs]m¸w NnX¡t«s]¶ Aksâ tImUyw Fsâ fWÊn`p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ bm_pknsW tWm¡n.
“”””bm_p¡p«o, bmkw Ak³NqXn C¶v W½psXs]m¸w NnXt¶mt«? WnW¡v FSnÀ¸pt*m?” AkapsX N®pNÄ BËmUwsNm*v knXÀ¶p. Wm\n¨p S`Smjv¯n AkÄ b_ªp,
“”””NpªnWv Cãfmkpsf¦n Wfps¡m^pfn¨p NnX¡mw”.
“”””Tour pifnnlnj ls os mfg`stl^ fn_ ls fiwfys afr ]`yon_ my `xp`^tftlons, fmm`!”” AkÄ¡p fWÊn`mkmSn^n¡mWmkpw Ak³ CwPogn b_ªSv. Mm³ In^n¨p. AkÄ Ftâ]pw Aktâ]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv