പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nq`n¸\n¡v k¶ H^mansWs¡m*v sN«n¡]m]n^p¶p Fsâ Aѳ. A]mÄ AÂbw Im^m]w NpXn¨pk¶v Fsâtf H^pbmXptW^w NnX¡pfm]n^p¶p. FWn¡v b`k«w k^pw. A]mÄ¡Spfm{Stf A_n]q. fq¶mwfmhw Wm«nÂWn¶v A]mapsX em^y]pw ^*pNp«nNapfm]n k¶v A]msa Nq«ns¡m*ptbm]n. ASnWptlgfm\v AÑsWs¶ Npªnsâ ko«n`m¡n]Sv”.
“”””l^n, AsSÃmw f_t¶¡q” MmWksa sN«n¸nXn¨psNm*p b_ªp. H^m\nsâ N^`maW AkapsX l^o^w Bklys¸Xp¶psk¶v FWn¡v tdm²yfm]n. dmt`«sâ f^\tlgw Fsâ l^o^w GSm*v WnÀÖokfm]n^p¶p. C¶kapsX WPvWl^o^w N*t¸mÄ Fsâ hn^Nan tIm^t]m«w NqXn. Fsâ fWÊn H^mÄfm_m«w WX¶p. MmsWsâ fWÊn dmt`«sW Bkmin¨p. AkapsX ØmW¯p MmsWs¶ h¦Â¸n¨p. bns¶s]Ãmw Fap¸fm]n^p¶p. Fsâ kn^`pNaptX]pw Wmkntâ]pw kn^pSpNÄ AkÄ¡p Sm§mkp¶SnWpw A¸p_fm]n^p¶p. Smsj Hu«vikphn Np«n¡rgv\sâ fp_n]nt`maw AkapsX Wn`knan F¯mSn^n¡m³ b`t¸mjpw MmWkapsX km]v sbm¯n¸nXn¨p. knXÀ¯n] AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Fsâ A^fpÅ Wmknsâ NphrSn]n AkÄ b`k«w sb]vSn_§n. AkapsX NÃn¨ fp`Nan Fsâ bÃpNapw WOkpw H^pbmXv bmXpNÄkojv¯n. Hmt^m sb]v¯nWpsfmXpkn AkapsX SXn¨pfrUp`fm] SpXNÄ Fsâ fpOw sM¡n¸nXn¨p. HXpkn AkÄ S`]p]À¯n FsâtWt^ sN©n, “”””fSnNptª, H^m]pÊnWpÅSv fpjpkWm]n. CWns]sâ A^ sbm§nÔ. F\oäv AkapsX knXÀ¯n] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n Fsâ Wmkpw bÃpNapw tIm^¨pk¸m¡n] AkapsX bq_n ssN¸¯n]fÀ¯n MmWpw NnX¶p. WWsªm`n¡p¶ Fsâ bq_n ssWän Ip^p«nk¨p SpXNan_p¡n Mm³ f]§n. Hmt^mk«kpw FWn¡v k^p¯n]tlgw dmt`«sâ fpO¯pkn^n]m_pÅ NphrSn¨n^n Mm³ b`k«w hzbvWw N*p. Fsâ fp`Nan bm_p¡p«n]psX ssN]fÀ¶t¸mjm\v MmWp\À¶Sv. Fsâ N®nÂtWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p, “”””MmWpw CSptbms` NpªnWv sI]vSpS^t«?” Mm³ In^n¨psNm*v S`]m«n. ssWän]psX fpNan`qsX Aksasâ fp`NÄ AfÀ¯n¸nXn¨p. ssWän Du^mWm]n Mm³ N«n`n Wns¶\oäp. WPvW]m]n Wn¶psNm*v Aksasâ ssWän]q^n.
“”””MmWo bqs_m¶p NjpNnk^mw” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ NjpNn¯^mw Nptª” Aksasâs]m¸w dmSv_qfnt`¡v k¶p. bqÀ¨p*pNÄ Sp_¶p thm¸ptS¨pv AkÄ NjpNn XÆ`n SpX¨p.
“”””Npªnsâ bq_pw WWªn^n¡p¶p” Aksasâ sIkn]n b_ªp.
“”””CsSÃmw Nm\pt¼mÄ GSp sb®nWm\v WW]mSn^n¡pN?” Mm³ In^n¨p.
“”””NpªnWv Fs´ms¡]m\nãw?”
“”””dmt`«³ tbm]tlgw Npan¡pt¼mÄ thm¸ptS]v¡m³ fm{Stf N¼nNp«³.sWäv