Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

A½]vs¡§sW Cu C^«KoknSw hm²yfmkp¶p?'' """"tfmtW, fäpÅkÀ¡v tWmknsænÂ, W½psX KoknSw ftWmi^fm¡p¶ GSv SSzlmhv{Skpw hzoN^n¡\sf¶m\v Wnsâ Aѳ b_ªn«pÅSv. ASv hSyfms\¶v FWn¡pw tSm¶n]n«p*v. W½psX NpXpwdKoknSw Wfp¡v k`pSm\v. AknsX Hmt^m^p¯^ptX]pw ht´mgfm\v {bVmWw. Wntâ]pw Ftâ]pfnX]ns` ht´mg§Ä¡v ]pàn^inSfm] hmfqiyfSn`pNÄ SXÊfp*m¡m³ bmXnÃ''. Ak³ knXÀ¶ N®pNtamsX Fs¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡nWn¶p. """"MmWn¶p^m{Sn A½t]msXm¸w NnXt¶mt«?'' """"ASptk*tfmsW, NjnªNpt_kÀg§am]n AÑsâ f^\tlgw bm_p¡p«n Fsâs]m¸fm\v NnX¡p¶Sv. Fsâs]m¸w NnX¡m³ SpX§n]tlgfm\v AkÄ hz´w l^o^t¯]pw ASnsâ BWµ§ta]pw BUyfm]n A_n]p¶Sv. NjnkpÅnXt¯maw ASkÄ Sn^n¨pS^p¶pfp*v. C¶v WnW¡m]n AktamXv fm_n¡nX¡m³ b_ªm ASksa H^pbmXv tkUWn¸n¡pw. bNÂfpjpk³ Mm³ Wnt¶msXm¸fp*tÃm? fsäm¶pNqXn, Akant¸mÄ Cu NpXpwd¯ns` H^wPw Ss¶]m\v. F¶m]m`pw C¶s¯ Nm^yw MmWktamXv b_]pw. Wmsa Akta]pwNq«n Wfps¡m^n¡Â¡qXn tbm¡À sP]nw Nan¨mt`m?'' N®n NphrSnt]msX Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"A½]psX {bmt]mPnNdp²n Abm^w Ss¶. A§sW]mks«'' Ak³ b_ªp. ^m{Sn fq¶ptbÀ¡pfpÅ Bim^wkna¼n M§an^p¶t¸mÄ MmWktWmXv tImUn¨p, """"A¯mj¯nWpfp³bv H^p sbPv tk\sf¶v tSm¶p¶pt*m?'' Ak³ bm_pNp«n]psX fpOt¯¡ptWm¡n N®n_p¡ns¡m*v b_ªp, """"bm_pk½ S^psf¦n ASpfmkmw''. AWpkmU¯nWm]n Fsâ fpOt¯¡ptWm¡n] AktamXv B]nt¡ms« F¶v S`]m«n. A`fm^n]nÂWn¶p knh-vNn]pw ^*pPvamÊpNapw S\p¯ skÅkpw AksaXp¯p. """"A½]v¡Âbw Njn¨ms`´m? FWn¡pw bm_pk½¡pw fm{Stf PvamsÊXp¯pÅq'' Ak³ Nan]m¡n. """"bm_p¡p«n Aksâ fp³bn A¸w fUyw Njn¨m KmSns]m¶pw tbmknÃ'' Mm³ b_ªp. Hmt^m `mÀKv sbPv knh-vNn Njn¨p, Gs_ tW^sfXp¯p M§Ä A¯mjw Njn¨p. M§tamXv PpZvssWäv b_ªk³ fp_nt]änt`¡p tbm]n.

^m{Sn AXp¯pNnX¶v Aksat¶mXv b_ªp, """"Npsªm^pbmXv k`pSm]n. Ct¸mjs¯ hwhm^kpw {bkr¯n]psfÃmw Nm\pt¼mÄ l^n¡pw dm`³ hm_pSs¶''. bNs`m^pbmXv b\n]p*m]n^p¶SpsNm*v AkÄ tW^t¯ D_§n. ^mkn`s¯ bSnkpWX¯¯nWv C_§pt¼mÄ AkWp\À¶pk¶p. M§sam^pfn¨p {bemShkm^n¡n_§n. """"MmWn¶s` ^m{Sn, AÑsW hzbvWw N*t½'' WX¯¯nWnX]n Ak³ b_ªp. """"At±isf´pb_ªp?'' Mm³ tImUn¨p. """"Fs¶ fp³bn bnXn¨pWnÀ¯n AÑsWsâ fpO¯pw sW©n`psfÃmw