പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpO¯v fm_nfm_n tWm¡n b_ªp,
“”””NpªnWv Cãfsæn tk* sNm¨t½” AkapsX fpO¯v Wn^ml.
“”””Fsâ bm_pkt½, Wn§apsX sW©n NnX¶v MmsW{S D_§n]n«ps*¶v HmÀf]ntÃ. bm_pk½]psX AXp¯pNnX¡mWpw NTNÄ tNÄ¡mWpw BÀ¡m sNmSntSm¶m¯Sv–” Aksâ In^n]n Aka`nªp. NnX¡ kn^n¡mWm]n AkÄ Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v HmXnt¸m]n.

S`]n\]psX D_NsaÃmw fmän, A`¡n] sdZvhv–s{bZv– kn^n¨p, A`¡n] bpS¸pNÄ AXp¡nk¨p, Ghn Hm¬ sI]vSp 25 Zn{Pn]n shäpsI]vSpvNjnªp AkÄ k¶pb_ªp,
“”””NnX¡kn^n¨p sNm¨t½”. M§Ä Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. AkapsX H^p¡§Ä tWm¡n Sfmlf«n Mm³ b_ªp,
“”””AÂbw fpøqNqXn knS_mfm]n^p¶p. CsS´m BUy^m{Sn¡v f\n]_ H^p¡pt¼ms`?” AkapsX fpOw kmXn. Aksa tIÀ¯pbnXn¨p Ak³ b_ªp, “”””CsSÃmw FWn¡ptk*n]pÅ bm_pk½]psX hvsbgy`m\v” AkWkapsX Nknan AfÀ¯n D½k¨p. AkÄ sSanªp. C^pklkpw FWn¡pw AkÄ¡pw Ø`fn«v AkaksW tIÀ¯n« ^*pN«n`pNapsX]pw WXpkn NnX¯n.
“”””sNm¨½ NnXt¶, ss`ä\¡mw” AkÄ b_ªp. Fsâ NphrSn]p\À¶p.
“”””Wn§aknsX D_§pt¼mÄ ssWävPu\mt\m A\n]m_v?” Mm³ AktWmXp tImUn¨p.
“”””AknsX fn¡km_pw B^pw D_§pt¼mÄ H¶pw V^n¡m_nÃt½. S\p¸m]SpsNm*v WPvW^m]n bpS¸nWpÅn Ip^p*pNqXpw”. Ak³.
“”””Wfp¡pw WPvW^m]n NnX¶mt`m” Fsâ NphrSn A\sbm«n. Ak³ NnX¡]nÂWns¶\oäp In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp,
“”””Mm³ s_Zn”.
“”””bt£ ss`äv sNXp¯msS NnX¡\w” Fsâ N*og³ Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””MmWSnWpw s_Zn. bs£ FÃm^pw h½Sn¡\w” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””MmWpw s_Zn. eq^nb£w DÅSpsNm*v Wfp¡v fäpÅks^ tWmt¡* Nm^yfnÃ. h½SfpÅkÀ hz´w khv{Sw Du^nfmät«. h½SfnÃm¯kÀ¡v fäpÅkÀ Du^ns¡mXp¡t«” NpWnªp Wn¡p¶ bm_p¡p«ns]tWm¡n AÀ°w k¨v Mm³ b_ªp. sbs«¶pSs¶ Ak³ NpWnªpWn¶v Aksâ {So tcmÀSv Du^n thmc]n`n«p. Mm³ ssWän]q^pt¼mÄ Aksâ A^s¡«nt`¡v tWm¡n. H^p bSnfq¶pNm^sâ fq¶n©pNp®]pw ASnsâ Spt¼masf¯p¶ A*nNapw. Ak³ bm_p¡p«n]psX AXp¯v sI¶p.
“”””bm_pk½¡v Mm³ Du^ns¡mXp¡t« At½?” AksWsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n. Mm³ AtSs]¶v S`]m«n. Ak³ NpWnªp AkapsX ssWän sfsà sbm¡n. AkÄ N®X¨pWn¡p¶p. N\¦m`pw fp«pNapw SpXNapw {l²t]msX tWm¡ns¡m*v Ak³ AkapsX ssWän sbm¡n. A^]ns`¯n]t¸mÄ AkWp_s¡ knan¨pb_ªp, “”””At½, bm_pk½¡v AXn]ns`m¶pfnÔ N¼nNp«³.sWäv