പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്] 529

N¼nNp«³.sWäv {dm]q^n WnkÀ¶n^p¶t¸mÄ Akġ¸w Blzmhfm]n. AXp¯]qjw AkaptXSm]n^p¶p. fp*jn¨pv tSmÀ¯nsâ SäpXp¸pfm{Sfm]n^n¡m³ fXn]m]SnWm`mkpw, Aksa\oäv bp_wSn^nªpWn¶v fp*nWXn]n`qsX SäpXp¸jn¨p. AkÄ¡mUyw bqÀ®WPvW]mkm³ Njn]nÃF¶_n]mkp¶SpsNm*p AXp¯v Mm³ fWxbqÀkw tSmäpsNmXp¯p. Aks^tWm¡ns¡m*v Mm³ I´nsbm¡n bmâohv–Du^nNaªp, Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n thmc]n`n^p¶p. Fsâ knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡v Aksâ tWm«w Woap¶Sv HanªptWm¡n AkÄ NpWnªn^p¶p. Fsâ WPvWfm] Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n tWm¡n]n^ns¡ K«n¡Xn]n Aksâ Np® kaÀ¶pk`pSm]n S`]p]À¯p¶Sv AkÄ N¬tNm\n`qsX HanªptWm¡pt¼mÄ AkapsX ssN]ns` sNm¨p t^mf§Ä D\^p¶Sv Mm³ Sfmlt]msX tWm¡n. AXp¯Sv Aksâ K«n]m]n^p¶p. M§apsX tWt^tWm¡n NpWnªpWn¶v K«n]q^n]t¸mÄ Aksâ bqÀ\fm]pw N¼n]m] Np® `wdfm]n Wn¶mXn. AkÄ N®psbm¯n. AXp¯Nan]n Aksa tSm¸n¡mWm]n MmWpw AkWpw Nn\ªp b^n{lfn¨p, ASpSs¶ hwekn¡]pw sI]vSp. M§Ä ^*ptb^pw At¸mtj WPvW^m]SpsNm*v AkÄ¡v sI_p¯pWn¡mWm]nÃ. fp*jn¨pv, fp³klw ssNNÄsNm*v sbm¯n, Nm`pNÄ C_p¡n¸nXn¨p AkÄ thmc]n`n^p¶p. AXp¯Nan]n`pw AkÄSs¶ tSmäp.
“”””bm_pk½¡nWn Ajn¨pfmäm³ Sp\ns]m¶pfnsæn tSmÂkn h½Sn¡\w” AkWp_s¡ b_ªp. SpXNÄtIÀ¯pbnXn¨p, fp`NÄ¡ptf ssNNÄ bn\¨pk¨p, NpWnªn^p¶v AkÄ b_ªp,
“”””Mm³ tSmäp. CWn Wn§sa´pb_ªm`pw Mm³ AWph^n¡mw”. Ak³ F\oäv thmc]n M§apsX]nX]n k¶n^p¶p. NpWnªn^p¶ AkapsX tWm«w, sbm§n]mXp¶ Aksâ Np®]nt`¡v CX]v¡nsX bmans]¯n.
“”””bm_pk½ F´m sIt¿*sS¶v A½ b_tª” AksWs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””tfmtW, Njnª C^pbSpkÀg¯n`VnNfm]n bm_p¡p«n H^p Np® Nm\pNt]m AWpekn¡t]m sI]vSn«nÃ. Fsâ fp³bnÂk¨p Wo]ksa ht´mgn¸n¡\w” Fsâ N®ns` NphrSn Ak³ BhzUn¨p. Akat¸mjpw fm_n ssNNÄsN«n, NpWnªn^n¡]m\v. Aksâ fp³bn`qsX ssNWo«n MmWksa thmc]n Im^n]n^p¯n. sW©n bn\¨n^p¶ ssNNÄ bnXn¨pSmjv¯n. bns¶ AkapsX k`SpssN¸¯n WnkÀ¯n Aksâ sbm§nWn¶ Np®]n bnXn¸n¨p. Sos¸mÅ GäSptbms` AkÄ ssN bnt¶m«pk`n¨p. MmWSnsW d`fm]n Np®]n Ipän¸nXn¸n¨p. AkapsX ssN¸¯n¡ptf ssNk¨p MmWSnsW fpNant`m«pw Smtjm«pw I`n¸n¨p. {Ntf\ AkapsX ssN]psX {bSnt^mVw Np_ªpk¶p. AÂbwNjnªp Mm³ ssN bn³k`n¨t¸mjpw AkaSv SpXÀ¶p. sSan]pN]pw f_]pN]pw sI¿p¶ Ipk¶ dÄdnt`¡v AkÄ CX]v¡nsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv