പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ Iqan NpWnªp. A^s¡«nWpfpNan ssWän sbm¡n¸nXn¨p Ak³ AkapsX IpäpbmXpw WX¶v N*p. AkapsX knXÀ¶ I´n¡Xps¯¯n]t¸mÄ Aksâ A^s¡«n I`Ww D*mkp¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. Hä Wnfng¯n SobnXn¸n¨ Afn«ptbms` Aksâ Np® sbm§n]p]À¶p. Ipän¯n^nªp ko*pw AkapsX fp³bns`¯n]t¸mÄ AkapsX NpWnª tWm«w ASn`m]n. AkapsX tf`n sSmXmsSSs¶ Ak³ AkapsX ssWän Du^ns]Xp¯p. ssNNap]À¯nWn¶ AkapsX A^s¡«v Aksâ sbm§n] Np®]n sSmXm³ fp³tbm«p Wo§p¶Sv Mm³ {l²n¨p. Nm`pNÄ AÂbfNänWn¡p¶ AkaptX]pw Fsâ]pw Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Ak³ CXkn«v tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”bm_p¡p«n NSNXt¨, Wfp¡v NnX¡mw”” Mm³ b_ªp. AkÄ NSNX¨pk¶p. Ak³ WXpkn f`À¶pNnX¶v, sW©n ssNNÄ fX¡nk¨p. Aksâ Np® e^\n¸m«ns` sNmXnf^wtbms` Wn¶mXn. Mm³ N«n`nt`¡v N]_p¶SnWpfp³bpSs¶ AkÄ AksW tIÀ¶pNnX¶n^p¶p. Mm³ N«n`n AÂbfp]À¶p, fp` Aksâ Nknan tIÀ¯v I^nªpNnX¶p. Akapw ASpSs¶ sI]vSp. ^*pfp`Napw Aksâ NknapNan AfÀ¶t¸mÄ Ak³ bSns] N®pSp_¶v, S`]ÂbwI^n¨p Fsâ fp` km]n`m¡n D_n©nSpX§n. AÂbwNjnªp f_pklt¯¡v Sn^nªp Ak³ AkapsX fp`]p_n©n. Aksâ làn]n AkapsX Nó fp`]psX NmÂemPkpw Aksâ km]nt`¡v NX¶p. sM^nbn^nsNmÅp¶ AkapsX ssN Aksâ sbm§n] Np®]nt`¡v Wo*p. AkaSp Ipän¸nXn¨p sM¡n. Fsâ ssN AkapsX ssN¡Xn]n`qsX A*nNÄ bnXn¨p sM¡n. Ak³ ssNNÄ Smtjm«pWo¡n ^*pbq_pNant`]pw N´n D^hn C¡nan]m¡m³ SpX§n. ^*ptb^ptX]pw fpNan`s¯ SpXNÄ Ht^hf]w sbm§n Aksâ ssNNÄ¡v tk*ptkmaw CXfp*m¡n. N´n`p^hns¡m*pSs¶, BUyw WXpkn^`pw bns¶ Iq*pkn^`pw NqXn tIÀ¶v bq_pNsa DjpSp. Gs_ WWªt¸mÄ Mm³ AktWmXv b_ªp,
“”Wo bm_p¡p«n¡v sI]vSpsNmXpt¯, F¶n«v Wfp¡p_§mw””. Fsâ So^pfmWw tN«v NnX¡]n F\oän^p¶v AkÄ {bSntgVn¨p.
“”BUyw sNm¨½, bn¶oXpfSn Mm³”” AkapsX lÐw D_¨Sm]n^p¶p.
“”Wos]´m]o b_]p¶Sv? MmWksâ A½]tÃ? Fs¶ AksW§sW CsSms¡ sI¿mWmkpw?”” Wngv¡a¦S emkn¨p Mm³ b_ªp.
“”bns¶´nWm sNm¨½ Npªnsâ fp³bn WPvW]m]n Wn¶Sv? Npsªs¶ ht´mgn¸n¨Sptbm`pw sNm¨½ b_ªn«tÃ?”” AkapsX Wym]w.
“”WnW¡nSv Nn«\sf¶Sv Fsâ B{Pifm]n^p¶p. Nm^\w KoknS¯n WnWs¡m^n¡`pw CsSm¶pw Nn«n]n«nsöv FWn¡_n]mw”” Mm³ b_ªp. Aksasâ fpOwSn^n¨pbnXn¨p N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n b_ªp,
“”Fsâ KoknS¯ns` N¼nNp«³.sWäv