പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWknsX sSm«n«pÅp. WnW¡nãfpÅ F´ptk\sf¦n`pw sI]vtSm”
“”””NpªpsI]vSsSÃmw B\p§Ä sI¿ptfm?” AktamsXWn¡v hiSmbw tSm¶n. C´y]ns` 95 lSfmWw sb®p§apsX tImUyfm\kÄ tImUn¨Sv.
“”””Fs´ms¡ sI¿msf¶v Wmsa Mm³ N¼yq«_n Nm\n¡mw. C¶v WnW¡v tSm¶p¶Sv sI]vtSmaq” MmWksa hfmVmWn¸n¨p.
“”””Mm³ kn^`psNm*v fm{Stf sI]vSn«pÅp Nptª”
“”””WnW¡v kjpSW§t]m Nm^täm Dbt]mPn¨ms`´m?”
“”””ASv tkÌmNntÃ. Wn§sa Wãs¸Xp¯m³ k¿” FWn¡v bmkwtSm¶n. Mm³ AkÄ¡p sI]vSpsNmXp¯sSÃmw, bqÀ\S]nsæn`pw, AkÄ FWn¡v Sn^n¨pS¶p. dmt`«sW A_nªkÀ¡v fsäÃmw ASnWpSmsjt] k^qsk¶v FWn¡ktamXv b_]m³ k¿tÃm. F¦n`pw Npt_ WmapNÄ¡ptlgw H^p HmÀPmhkpfm]n Mm³ NnX¡]n Wo*pWnkÀ¶pNnX¶p. AXp¯Unkh§anÂ, AX¨n«fp_n]n Fsâ `mbvtXm¸v Sp_¶v Nps_ tbm¬ sshäpNÄ AkÄ¡v Nm\n¨psNmXp¯p. M§apsX AakWph^n¨pÅ kjpSW§]pw Nm^äpsfÃmw AkÄ M§apsX NnX¸pfp_n]n H^p¡nk¨p. dmt`«sâ f^\tlgw Fsâ s`hvdn]³ dÔ§sa¡p_n¨p tImUn¨ hpVogntWmXv Mm³ HäkmIN¯n b_ª f_pbXn¡p tlgw Mm³ bj]Nm^y§Ä fWÊn _ossk³Zv sI¿pN]m]n^p¶p. Npt_tW^¯nWptlgw Fsâ N®n`pw Ip*n`pw AfÀ¯n Ipwdn¨p AksWsâ fXn]nÂWns¶\oäp. dmSv_qfnt`¡p WX¡p¶ AktWmXv Mm³ b_ªp, “”””Nan]pw ASnsâ Wn]f§apw Njnªp. CWn koXpw ASnsâ Wn]f§apw”. Ak³ S`]m«n. AXp¡a]n bm_p¡p«n A¯mj¯nWpÅ S]ms_Xp¸n`m\v.

sskNpt¶^w bm_p¡p«n Ips«Xp¯ kmj¡]psX]pw N¯^n¡]psX]pw IqXv dKn]pw Im]]pw Njn¨p M§Ä WX¡mWn_§n. Xu\nWv kas^ AXp¯ms\¦n`pw {Pmfo\S Wãs¸«n«nÃm¯ AknsX t_mZpNan XmÀ F¯n]Sptbm`pw AXp¯nsX]m\v. NSnÀ NW¡m³ SpX§n] bmX§Ä¡nX]n`qsX M§Ä WX¶p. Aksâ ssN]n ssNtNmÀ¯p WX¡p¶ Fs¶]p^p½n, AkWpw WX¶p.
“”””Wm«n kas^ ]mTmØnSnN]m]n«m\v A½ A_n]s¸Xp¶Sv. bt£ Cs¶sâ fp³bn h¦Â¸mSoS]m] `nd_`m]n«m\v A½s] Mm³ N*Sv. A½]vs¡§sW Cu C^«KoknSw hm²yfmkp¶p?”
“”””tfmtW, fäpÅkÀ¡v tWmknsænÂ, W½psX KoknSw ftWmi^fm¡p¶ GSv SSzlmhv{Skpw hzoN^n¡\sf¶m\v Wnsâ Aѳ b_ªn«pÅSv. ASv hSyfms\¶v FWn¡pw tSm¶n]n«p*v. W½psX NpXpwdKoknSw Wfp¡v k`pSm\v. AknsX Hmt^m^p¯^ptX]pw ht´mgfm\v {bVmWw. Wntâ]pw Ftâ]pfnX]ns` ht´mg§Ä¡v ]pàn^inSfm] hmfqiyfSn`pNÄ SXÊfp*m¡m³ bmXnÔ. Ak³ knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv