Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

D^hn C¡nan]m¡m³ SpX§n. ^*ptb^ptX]pw fpNan`s¯ SpXNÄ Ht^hf]w sbm§n Aksâ ssNNÄ¡v tk*ptkmaw CXfp*m¡n. N´n`p^hns¡m*pSs¶, BUyw WXpkn^`pw bns¶ Iq*pkn^`pw NqXn tIÀ¶v bq_pNsa DjpSp. Gs_ WWªt¸mÄ Mm³ AktWmXv b_ªp, ""Wo bm_p¡p«n¡v sI]vSpsNmXpt¯, F¶n«v Wfp¡p_§mw"". Fsâ So^pfmWw tN«v NnX¡]n F\oän^p¶v AkÄ {bSntgVn¨p. ""BUyw sNm¨½, bn¶oXpfSn Mm³"" AkapsX lÐw D_¨Sm]n^p¶p. ""Wos]´m]o b_]p¶Sv? MmWksâ A½]tÃ? Fs¶ AksW§sW CsSms¡ sI¿mWmkpw?"" Wngv¡a¦S emkn¨p Mm³ b_ªp. ""bns¶´nWm sNm¨½ Npªnsâ fp³bn WPvW]m]n Wn¶Sv? Npsªs¶ ht´mgn¸n¨Sptbm`pw sNm¨½ b_ªn«tÃ?"" AkapsX Wym]w. ""WnW¡nSv Nn«\sf¶Sv Fsâ B{Pifm]n^p¶p. Nm^\w KoknS¯n WnWs¡m^n¡`pw CsSm¶pw Nn«n]n«nsöv FWn¡_n]mw"" Mm³ b_ªp. Aksasâ fpOwSn^n¨pbnXn¨p N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n b_ªp, ""Fsâ KoknS¯ns` N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ht´mg§saÃmw sNm¨½ S¶Sm\v. CknsX k^p¶Spks^ MmsWm^p fWpgyKokn]ms\¶v FWn¡v tSm¶n]n«nÃ. fäpÅk^psX hpOhuN^y§saÃmw tWm¡mWpÅ H^p tk`¡m^n. CknsX k¶tlgw Mm³ sNm¨½]psX AWn]¯n]m]n fm_pN]m]n^p¶p. fäpÅ tk`¡ms^ lmhn¡mWpw b`t¸mjpw So^pfmW§saXp¡mWpw sNm¨½ FWn¡v AVnNm^w S¶n^p¶p. dm`³hm_nsâ f^\tlgw sNm¨½ Fsâ sW©nÂNnX¶m\v-- N^ªn^p¶Sv. CsSÃmw l^n]mt\m Fs¶Wn¡v A_n]nÃ. bs£, sNm¨½¡v Nn«m¯sSm¶pw FWn¡pw tk*"".

""A½ bm_pk½s] kngfn¸n¡tÃ"" NŨn^nt]msX Ak³ b_ªp. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ FtâSn tNmÀ¯p. Ak³ Ip*pw WmkpwsNm*v Fsâ km]n b®n. H^pssN Fsâ kl¯pNqXn NX¯n AksWs¶ sbm¡n Aksâtf NnX¯n. Aksa\oäv Fsâ