Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

M§Ä tSm«¯n sI`km¡n. Nps_ bmNfm] fmSa§]pw tb^]v¡]pw b_n¨pk*n]n`n«p M§Ä Sn^n¨ptbm¶p. ssZWn§v tXdnan FÃmwkna¼n¡jnªp bm_p¡p«n knh-vNn¡p¸n]pw fq¶p PvamhpNapw tXdnanW^nNn k¨n^p¶p. ssNNjpNn tXdnan C^ns¡ Mm³ b_ªp, """"bm_pk½ Fs¶]pw A½t]]pw NpXn¸nt¨ AX§q''. Npäkmans]t¸ms` tWm¡nWn¶ bm_pk½s]tWm¡n A½ N®n_p¡n¡m\n¨p. Hmt^m `mÀKnsWm¸w Bim^wNjn¨pNjnªt¸mÄ A½ bm_p¡p«nt]mXv b_ªp, """"sskNpt¶^w Wfp¡n¶v bp_¯pNjn¡mw. AXp¡as]mSp¡n kt¶. Wfp¡Âbw _½n Nan¡mw''. hpVogv Fs¶tWm¡n N®n_p¡n.

A`vbhf]¯nWpÅn AkÄ bm{S§saÃmw NjpNnk¨p AXp¡abq«n M§apsX]Xp¯p k¶p. """"bm_p¡p«n W¶m]n _½n Nan¡pw. C¶v AkapwNqXn Nant¨mt«'' Mm³b_ªp. """"Wfp¡½]psX fp_n]n`n^p¶v Nan¨mt`m?'' Ak³ tImUn¨p. """"B]nt¡mt«, F´mbm_q?'' AkÄ AsSs]¶v S`]m«n. """"fp³kmSn AXt¨¡q, Nan¡nX]n Bs^¦n`pw k¶m`_n]nÃ'' Mm³ b_ªp. bm_p¡p«n kmSn`X¨p Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v k¶p. Fsâfp_n]ns` ZdnÄshän]n MmWpw bm_p¡p«n]pfn^p¶p. Xotbm]n¡v FSns^]pÅ Nth^]n AkWn^p¶p. H^pNp¯pIo«p Xot¸m]n k¨n«k³ b_ªp, """"bm_pkt½, W½an¶v H^pbpSn] Nan Nan¡]m\v. tbm¡À sP]nw F¶m\nSnsâ tb^v'' Ak³ b_ªp. """"Nptª, A¯^w NanNsam¶pw FWn¡v b^nI]fnÃtÃm'' AkÄ b_ªp. """"CSv _½nNanSs¶ bm_pkt½. bt£ CSn b´]fp*v'' Ak³. """"b´]w k]v¡m³ Fsâ ssN]ns`m¶pfnÃtÃm'' Ak^psX WngvNa¦S. """"bm_pk½]psX ssN]n`n`pÅSpfm{Sw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

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