പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fSn. BUyw CSnsâ Wn]f§Ä tNÄ¡q. F¶n«v Nan¡t\m tk*t]m F¶pSo^pfmWn¡mftÃm!” Ak^psX fpO¯v Blzmhw.
“”””Hmt^m{bmklykpw tSm¡p¶]mÄ Ak^psX H^pkhv{Sw Du^n¡a]\w. A§sW AkhmWw Du^nfmäm³ khv{SfnÃm¯]mÄ tSm¡pw. tSmä]mÄ, K]n¨]mapNÄ b_]p¶Sv AWph^n¡\w. F´m, CWn hwl]fpt*m?” Bk^msN In´m¡pj¸¯n`m\v. AkÀ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”””Npj¸fnà bm_q. Ft¸mjpw K]n¨m {blvWfnÃtÃm. Wo W¶m]n Nan¡pftÃm. bns¶´m Cu tbXn” Mm³ AkÄ¡p ssV^yw bNÀ¶p.
“”””l^n, Mm³ S]mÀ” Fsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. Io«pNl¡ns¡m*v Ak³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p,
“”””A½]v–s¡{S khv{S§ap*v?”
“”””fq¶v” Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””bm_pk½]v–t¡m?’ Fsâ fpOt¯¡ptWm¡n fXnt]msX AkÄ b_ªp,
“”””fq¶v”. FsâfpOt¯¡ptWm¡n N®n_p¡n Ak³ b_ªp,
“”””FWn¡pw fq¶v. Wfp¡nWn SpX§mw”. Ak³ Io«pkoSn¨n«p. AkapsX fpOs¯ sX³g³ N*n«v Mm³ tImUn¨p,
“”””bm_p¡p«n¡v H^p sbPv NqXn tk\sf¶pt*m?” A`vbw fXnt]msX AkÄ b_ªp, “”””tk\w sNm¨t½”. MmWktWmXv Hmt^m sbPv NqXn Hjn¡m³ b_ªp. hz´w ¥mÊv H¶m]n k`n¨pNpXn¨n«p AkÄ Io«pN¿ns`Xp¯p. tSm–kn]n Sp\n Wãs¸Xp¶Nm^yw HmÀ¯mkpw, AkÄ kas^ {l²t]msX Io«pNaXp¡n. A`vbhf]¯nWptlgw Ak³ tImUn¨p,
“”””Njnsª¦n Io«pNm\n¡mw”. Aksâ Io«v M§apsX fp³bn knXÀ¯n k¨p. ASnWXp¯p MmWpw Akapw Io«pk¨p. {l²mbqÀkw tWm¡n]n«kÄ AksâtWs^ tWm¡n Blzmht¯msX b_ªp,
“”””Npªp tSmäp”. AksW\oäv XogÀ«q^n klt¯¡n«p. AkÄ B Nan BhzUn¨pSpX§n]n^p¶p. AXp¯ _u*v NqXpS tkP¯n`m]n^p¶p. Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä AkÄ fWÊn`m¡n¯pX§n]Sm]n tSm¶n. Cu _u*n Fsâ ssWän]m\v tbm]Sv. {dm]pw bmâohpfm]n^n¡p¶ Fs¶ AkÄ Wm\t¯msX tWm¡n. MmWSv ssf³Zv sI]vSnÃ. AXp¯ Dujw Aksâ {So tcmÀ¯nWm]n^p¶p. K«nfm{Sfm]n^n¡p¶ AksW AkÄ N¬tNm\n`qsX Wm\t¯msX tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AXp¯ tSmÂkn AkaptXSm]n^p¶p. Wm\n¨pNpWnªn^n¡p¶ AktamXv Mm³ b_ªp,
“”””WnW¡v »uhvDu^m³ fXn]ms\¦n fsäs´¦n`pw Du^n]m`pw fSn” »uhnWXn]n H¶pfnsö A_nkps*¦n`pw fp*jn¡p¶SntW¡mÄ teUw ASmkpsf¶kÄ¡_n]mw. AkÄ F\oäv bp_wSn^nªpWn¶v »uhq^n. ssN^*pw fp`NÄ¡ptf bn\¨pk¨p AkÄk¶n^p¶p. ssNNapsX f_kn`qsX Nm\p¶ fp`Nant`¡v Aksâ tWm«w Wo*t¸mÄ AkÄ NpWnªn^p¶p. AXp¯ tSm–kn]n Mm³ N¼nNp«³.sWäv