Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

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N¼nNp«³.sWäv fSn. BUyw CSnsâ Wn]f§Ä tNÄ¡q. F¶n«v Nan¡t\m tk*t]m F¶pSo^pfmWn¡mftÃm!'' Ak^psX fpO¯v Blzmhw. """"Hmt^m{bmklykpw tSm¡p¶]mÄ Ak^psX H^pkhv{Sw Du^n¡a]\w. A§sW AkhmWw Du^nfmäm³ khv{SfnÃm¯]mÄ tSm¡pw. tSmä]mÄ, K]n¨]mapNÄ b_]p¶Sv AWph^n¡\w. F´m, CWn hwl]fpt*m?'' Bk^msN In´m¡pj¸¯n`m\v. AkÀ Fsâ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. """"Npj¸fnà bm_q. Ft¸mjpw K]n¨m {blvWfnÃtÃm. Wo W¶m]n Nan¡pftÃm. bns¶´m Cu tbXn'' Mm³ AkÄ¡p ssV^yw bNÀ¶p. """"l^n, Mm³ S]mÀ'' Fsâ fpO¯ptWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. Io«pNl¡ns¡m*v Ak³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p, """"A½]v--s¡{S khv{S§ap*v?'' """"fq¶v'' Mm³ b_ªp. """"bm_pk½]v--t¡m?' Fsâ fpOt¯¡ptWm¡n fXnt]msX AkÄ b_ªp, """"fq¶v''. FsâfpOt¯¡ptWm¡n N®n_p¡n Ak³ b_ªp, """"FWn¡pw fq¶v. Wfp¡nWn SpX§mw''. Ak³ Io«pkoSn¨n«p. AkapsX fpOs¯ sX³g³ N*n«v Mm³ tImUn¨p, """"bm_p¡p«n¡v H^p sbPv NqXn tk\sf¶pt*m?'' A`vbw fXnt]msX AkÄ b_ªp, """"tk\w sNm¨t½''. MmWktWmXv Hmt^m sbPv NqXn Hjn¡m³ b_ªp. hz´w ¥mÊv H¶m]n k`n¨pNpXn¨n«p AkÄ Io«pN¿ns`Xp¯p. tSmÂ--kn]n Sp\n Wãs¸Xp¶Nm^yw HmÀ¯mkpw, AkÄ kas^ {l²t]msX Io«pNaXp¡n. A`vbhf]¯nWptlgw Ak³ tImUn¨p, """"Njnsª¦n Io«pNm\n¡mw''. Aksâ Io«v M§apsX fp³bn knXÀ¯n k¨p. ASnWXp¯p MmWpw Akapw Io«pk¨p. {l²mbqÀkw tWm¡n]n«kÄ AksâtWs^ tWm¡n Blzmht¯msX b_ªp, """"Npªp tSmäp''. AksW\oäv XogÀ«q^n klt¯¡n«p. AkÄ B Nan BhzUn¨pSpX§n]n^p¶p. AXp¯ _u*v NqXpS tkP¯n`m]n^p¶p. Nan]psX Wn]f§Ä AkÄ fWÊn`m¡n¯pX§n]Sm]n tSm¶n. Cu _u*n Fsâ ssWän]m\v tbm]Sv. {dm]pw