Chapter Title : ഒഴിവുദിനം

Bsa N*nÃ..Mm³ £ft]msX Nm¯n^p¶p. Bkly¡m^Wv HuInSyw CÃtÃm. Mm³ Nm_nsâ _n]À kyq fn__n NqXn tWm¡n C^p¶p..hm^n]pw »uhpw sI_n] H^p im³Zv dmPpw Sq¡n {bu[]m] H^p hv{So WX¶p k^p¶p*v, H^p WmÂbSp A¼Sp {bm]w Nm\pw. Ck^m]n^n¡ptfm? Mm³ hq£n¨p tWm¡n, AkÀ Nm_nsâ bp_Nn k¶p Wn¶v sNm*v sfmssd dmPn Wn¶pw FXp¯p Bs^t]m knan¡pkmWv..Fs¶ Ss¶..tcm¬ AXn¨p. Mm³ NmÄ N«v sI]vSp NmÀ _ntkjv--hv B¡n. AkÀ tkPw Nm_nsâ bn¶n N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv N]_n tZmÀ AX¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n, k`n] huµ^ysfm¶pw CÃ, bs£ HXp¡s¯ tg¸v B\v SÅ¡v. hm^n]pw »uhpw B]SnWm ASv W¶m]n A_n]mw. AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. Nojv¨p*p sfsà WW¨p sNm*v AkÀ hm^n sNm*v Njp¯ns` kn]À¸p SpX¨p. Mm³ kn¡n kn¡n Akt^mXp F§sW]m As¸m Nm^y§Ä F¶v tImUn¨p. hmt_, F®q_v-- ^qb F¦n`pw S^\w. Asæn WX¡¯nÃ. AkÀ FXp¯p ImXn BUytf b_ªp. dnµp tI¨n, Cu F®q_v-- ^qb F{S tW^t¯¡m..FWn¡v C¶v sfm¯w tk\w tI¨ns]. Ak^psX fpO¯v H^p sI_n] AUv--epSw Mm³ N*p. ""C¶v fpjpkWptfm? F´nWm hmt_..H^p f\n¡q_s¯ Nm^yftà DÅp, In`t¸m A^f\n¡q_n So^pw"". AkÀ In^n¨p. M§Ä ko«n F¯n, AkÀ F¯n¡p¯n tWm¡p¶p*v. At¿m ko«n Bt\m, Bs^¦n`pw N*m b\n BNntà hmt_. dnµpknWp sk{bmaw B]n. H¶v tbm tI¨n, CknsX H^p¯Wpw CÃ. Mm³ NmÀ tbmÀ¨n`n«p tI¨n¡v tZmÀ Sp_¶p sNmXp¯p. AkÀ tkPw Ft¶msXm¸w ko«nt`¡p tN_n. Mm³ tPäv AX¨p AN¯p¶p t`m¡v sI]vSp, bns¶ tZm_pw. dnµp shän]n C^n¡pkm\v. Mm³ tWs^ sdZv_qfnt`¡v tbm]n, AkÀ Fsâ NqsX _qfnt`¡v k¶p. dnµp tI¨n {cgv BNt*, km H¶v Npant¨m tkt\m¦nÂ..Mm³ Npanfp_n]n Wn¶v sNm*v b_ªp. ""Hm tk* hmt_ Mm³ Npan¨Sv D¨]v¡m, Cs¸m tk* bns¶ BNs«. hmt_ Nmlnsâ Nm^yw H¶pw b_ªnÃtÃm.."" dnµpknWv DSvN\vY.. Mm³ In^n¨p sNm*v dmSv--_qfn Wn¶pw bp_¯n_§n, g[v[n fm{Sfm]n^p¶p