പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv At±iw sI]vSn^p¶ Nm^y§Ä Ak³ GsäXp¯Sn`pÅ ht´mgfmt] FWn¡SnsW Nm\m³ NjnªpÅp. ASnWt±i¯nsâ AwPoNm^kpw. M§a¶v b^hvb^w ssNtNmÀ¯pbnXn¨p H^pbmXv–WX¶p. Sn^ns¨¯n M§Ä Npan¨p {bmS Njn¨p. Npt_tW^w AXp¡a]n M§Ä ^*ptb^pwtIÀ¶v bm_p¡p«ns] him]n¨p. bns¶, M§Ä tSm«¯nt`¡v tbm]n. B Nrgn]nX¯n IpänWX¡m³ Fs¶t¸ms` AkWpw H^pbmXv ht´mgfm\v. bSnkpkjnkn«v, kaªpbpaª kjnNan`qsX Ak³ k*nt]mXn¨psNm*n^p¶p. BUyfm]n bp_wt`mNw Nm\p¶ H^p sb¬Np«ns]t¸ms`, S`bNpSn bp_¯n«v MmWm NmjvINÄ N*n^p¶p. Nps_ tW^¯nWptlgw tSm«¯ns`¯ntWm¡pt¼mÄ Nm_nsâ s_]Àkyq fn_À FsâtWs^ Sn^n¨n^n¡p¶p.
“”””Wos]sâ fpOw tWm¡n]mt\m k*nt]mXn¨n^p¶Sv?” Fsâ tNmbw.
“”””]m{S BhzUn¡p¶ A½s] Mm³ tWm¡n]n^n¡]m]n^p¶p” Aksâ In^n. GSm*v D¨ks^ M§Ä tSm«¯n sI`km¡n. Nps_ bmNfm] fmSa§]pw tb^]v¡]pw b_n¨pk*n]n`n«p M§Ä Sn^n¨ptbm¶p. ssZWn§v tXdnan FÃmwkna¼n¡jnªp bm_p¡p«n knh-vNn¡p¸n]pw fq¶p PvamhpNapw tXdnanW^nNn k¨n^p¶p. ssNNjpNn tXdnan C^ns¡ Mm³ b_ªp, “”””bm_pk½ Fs¶]pw A½t]]pw NpXn¸nt¨ AX§q”. Npäkmans]t¸ms` tWm¡nWn¶ bm_pk½s]tWm¡n A½ N®n_p¡n¡m\n¨p. Hmt^m `mÀKnsWm¸w Bim^wNjn¨pNjnªt¸mÄ A½ bm_p¡p«nt]mXv b_ªp, “”””sskNpt¶^w Wfp¡n¶v bp_¯pNjn¡mw. AXp¡as]mSp¡n kt¶. Wfp¡Âbw _½n Nan¡mw”. hpVogv Fs¶tWm¡n N®n_p¡n.

A`vbhf]¯nWpÅn AkÄ bm{S§saÃmw NjpNnk¨p AXp¡abq«n M§apsX]Xp¯p k¶p.
“”””bm_p¡p«n W¶m]n _½n Nan¡pw. C¶v AkapwNqXn Nant¨mt«” Mm³b_ªp.
“”””Wfp¡½]psX fp_n]n`n^p¶v Nan¨mt`m?” Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””B]nt¡mt«, F´mbm_q?” AkÄ AsSs]¶v S`]m«n.
“”””fp³kmSn AXt¨¡q, Nan¡nX]n Bs^¦n`pw k¶m`_n]nÔ Mm³ b_ªp. bm_p¡p«n kmSn`X¨p Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p. Fsâfp_n]ns` ZdnÄshän]n MmWpw bm_p¡p«n]pfn^p¶p. Xotbm]n¡v FSns^]pÅ Nth^]n AkWn^p¶p. H^pNp¯pIo«p Xot¸m]n k¨n«k³ b_ªp,
“”””bm_pkt½, W½an¶v H^pbpSn] Nan Nan¡]m\v. tbm¡À sP]nw F¶m\nSnsâ tb^v” Ak³ b_ªp.
“”””Nptª, A¯^w NanNsam¶pw FWn¡v b^nI]fnÃtÃm” AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””CSv _½nNanSs¶ bm_pkt½. bt£ CSn b´]fp*v” Ak³.
“”””b´]w k]v¡m³ Fsâ ssN]ns`m¶pfnÃtÃm” Ak^psX WngvNa¦S.
“”””bm_pk½]psX ssN]n`n`pÅSpfm{Sw N¼nNp«³.sWäv