Chapter Title : ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

B^m¶v kà knImt^mw Ht*m sWWs¡ms¡?"" bpan¨ sS_n¡v fpSnÀ¶ ^knl¦À hnhn`ns] N*v-- sbs«¶v WnÀ¯n. ""H^p sbs¦m¨v CknsX Wn¡p¶Sv sNm*m..Aà sbWvsNm¨ÃtÃm...dndn³ Cksa AÃ...Cu t`Zns] f½n F¶tà knant¨..? A¸w CSv dndnWs_ f½n]mt\m?"" dndn³ A]msa tWm¡n S`Np`p¡n. hnhn`nt]]pw. Akapw A{S CãfnÃm¯ ^oSn]n S`]W¡n. ""tSmfth, FXm sk«mkan]³ hKo, CSm\v dndn³. dndn³ t`m_³hv. tf^n fmSm tNmtaKn bYn¡p¶p. Zn{Po AkhmW kÀgw. dndnsâ A¨³....§vim, dndn³ F§sW]m AÑsW knanIn^ps¶?"" ""b¸m,"" ""§vim, b¸m. dndn³s_ b¸m CknXps¯ PkÀsfâv h-vNqan fmgm]n^p¶p. F¶Sm? h-vNqÄ fmgv--. AÃmsS Wn³s_ S´fms^t¸ms`]Ã. H^p¯³s_ A¸³ NÅkmäpNm^³. hKo Wn³s_ A¸tWm? Biv...N^n¦Å³. C¸w sK]n`n`pw. dndn³s_ b¸m A©p sNmÃw H^p BN-vhnZân sb«v..."" A]mÄ dm¡nb_]msS WnÀ¯n. ""AsS§sW]m fpNan H^p¯Wp*v. AkWv CknsX tWs^ sImtÆ Kokn¡pt¶ms^ Nm\p¼w H^p kÃm¯ N®pNXn]m. hin¡¯nÃ. At¶^w tft`¡v knan¡pw. dndn³s_ b¸s]t¸ms` ..bns¶ F³s_ ..F³s_...khpÔ^..."" A]mapsX fnjnNÄ Wn_ªp Spap¼n. ASv f_]v¡m³ A]mÄ sbs«¶v fp¼v Du^nfmän] h¬ ¥mhv A\nªp. bns¶ BNmlt¯¡v tWm¡n. dndn³ tWm¡pt¼mÄ sh`n³ fnjnNÄ H¸pN]m\v. ^knl¦_n³s_ km¡pNÄ tSmfhnsW]pw hKnt]]pw kÃmSm¡n. AkÀ AXp¯v k¶p A]mapsX tSman bnXn¨p. ""sfmS`mao..."" sfm«¯`]³ tSmfhv-- A]mapsX b^p¡³ lЯn bSns] knan¨p. ""§vim, AsSms¡ tbms«"" A]mÄ sPu^k¯n b_ªp. ""tk«mkan]³fm^v ^*ptb^pw {l²n¨v tNÄ¡v. Mm³ b^nI]s¸Xp¯Â N¼v`oäv sI¿s«. CSv hnhn`n Xo¨À. F¶Sm? Xo¨À. Np^p¶p Npªp§sa emko Wns¶t¸m`s¯ H^p b«n¡pw tk*m¯k·vfm^mNmsS kaÀ¶p k^m³ A_nkpw NWnkpw AWp{Ptimw b_ªp sNmXp¡p¶ Pp^pWmT...sWWs¡ms¡ Wm¡pap¡msS b_]m³ Njn]ptkmXm B km¡v?"" hmVn¡pw F¶AÀ°¯n AkÀ C^pk^pw ln^ÊW¡n. ""F¶m H¶v- b_tª, tN¡s«,"" ""Np^pWmT..."" ""c-"" A]mÄ D¨¯n B«n. ""Np^p..I¡¡p^p...Ak³sä N¼nNp«³.sWäv