Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

SpX§n. MmWpfksa him]n¨p. AXp¡ahn¦n bm{S§Ä NjpNns¡m*n^p¶ AkapsX AXps¯¯n, A{bSo£nSfm]n Mm³ AkapsX ssWän sWt©maw k`n¨p]À¯n. ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mjpÅSptbms` ASnWXn]ns`m¶pfnÃ. AkÄ l^n¡pw sM«n, Npäkmans]t¸ms` Wn¶p. """"H^p fpSnÀ¶ B¬Np«n]pÅ ko«n AXn]ns`m¶pfnÃmsS Wn¡m³ WnWs¡§sW ssV^ywk¶p?'' Fsâ N®ns` NbXtNmbw AkÄ bnXns¨Xp¯p. AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp, """"NpªnWv bpSpSms]m¶pw Nm\m³ Fsâ ssN]n`nÃtÃm''. """"sNm¨½]vs¡s´Ãmw Ds*¶p tWm¡t«'' FWn¡v In´n¡msWm¡p¶SnWp fp¼v Aksasâ ssWän]p]À¯n. MmWpw A§sWSs¶]m]n^p¶p. AkÄ In^n¨ptbm]n. AXp¡a]X¨p fp³bns`¯n]t¸mÄ AksWm^p hnP^äv N¯n¨n^p¶p. AksWSns^]n^p¶p bm¡änÂWn¶v H^p hnPs^säXp¯p MmWkÄ¡p Wo«n. AkaSp ssN]n km§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ Nan]m¡n, """"bm_pknWv CÃm¯ UpÈo`§sam¶pfnÃ''. M§apsX hnP^äv Ak³ N¯n¨pS¶p. Nps_ tW^w hwhm^n¨n^p¶tlgw Ak³ D_§mWm]n H^p§n. """"PpZv ssWäv-- At½, bm_pkt½, Wmsa¡m\mw'' Ak³ tNm«pkm]n«psNm*p b_ªp. C¶s` Fsâs]m¸w NnX¡t«s]¶ Aksâ tImUyw Fsâ fWÊn`p*m]n^p¶p. Mm³ bm_pknsW tWm¡n. """"bm_p¡p«o, bmkw Ak³NqXn C¶v W½psXs]m¸w NnXt¶mt«? WnW¡v FSnÀ¸pt*m?'' AkapsX N®pNÄ BËmUwsNm*v knXÀ¶p. Wm\n¨p S`Smjv¯n AkÄ b_ªp, """"NpªnWv Cãfmkpsf¦n Wfps¡m^pfn¨p NnX¡mw''. """"Tour pifnnlnj ls os mfg`stl^ fn_ ls fiwfys afr ]`yon_ my `xp`^tftlons, fmm`!"" AkÄ¡p fWÊn`mkmSn^n¡mWmkpw Ak³ CwPogn b_ªSv. Mm³ In^n¨p. AkÄ Ftâ]pw Aktâ]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpO¯v fm_nfm_n tWm¡n b_ªp, """"NpªnWv Cãfsæn tk* sNm¨t½'' AkapsX fpO¯v Wn^ml. """"Fsâ bm_pkt½, Wn§apsX sW©n NnX¶v MmsW{S D_§n]n«ps*¶v HmÀf]ntÃ. bm_pk½]psX AXp¯pNnX¡mWpw NTNÄ tNÄ¡mWpw BÀ¡m sNmSntSm¶m¯Sv--'' Aksâ In^n]n Aka`nªp. NnX¡ kn^n¡mWm]n AkÄ Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v HmXnt¸m]n.

S`]n\]psX D_NsaÃmw fmän, A`¡n] sdZvhv--s{bZv-- kn^n¨p, A`¡n] bpS¸pNÄ AXp¡nk¨p, Ghn Hm¬ sI]vSp 25 Zn{Pn]n shäpsI]vSpvNjnªp AkÄ k¶pb_ªp, """"NnX¡kn^n¨p sNm¨t½''. M§Ä Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. AkapsX H^p¡§Ä tWm¡n Sfmlf«n Mm³ b_ªp,