Chapter Title : പോക്കർ ഗെയിം 2 [മാലതി ഡേവിഡ്]

Ip*pNan Aksâ WmtkmXn]t¸mÄ {bSnN^n¡m³ AkÄ¡_n]mfm]n^p¶p, Fsâ s{X]nWnRv. AkapsX sIkn¡pÅn Aksâ Wm¡v Dj¶t¸mÄ AkapsX l^o^w NnX¡]n bnXªp. Aksâ Ip*pNÄ Njp¯pwNX¶p fp`]ns`¯n. DXkpS«m¯ AkapsX fp`Nan Aksâ Ip*pNapw ssN]pw HmXns¡m*n^ns¡ AkapsX bn\ªp bpa]p¶ Nm`pNÄ WnÝ`fm]n, A^s¡«p SaÀ¶pko\p. AkapsX k^kv AkWv fWÊn`m]n. AkÄ N®pNaX¨p SaÀ¶p NnX¶p. Npt_¡jnªp Ak³ b_ªp, """"At½, sh¡³Zv tgm SpX§p¶p''. FsâtWt^ AkapsX SaÀ¶ In^n. kr¯n]m]n tgkpsI]vS AkapsX bq_v H^p sNm¨p Np«n]ptXSptbm`n^n¶p. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`n^p¶v AkWSp Sp_¶p. knXÀ¶ B Smf^¸qkns` Hmt^m CSapw Aksâ Ip*pNÄ D\À¯ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX N´v Aksâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]n hzÀPw N*p. Aksâ Wo* Wm¡v AkapsX bqÀ¯pa]n làn]m]n Npt_tW^w N]_n]n_§n]t¸mÄ AkapsX A^s¡«p ko*pw SaÀ¶pko\p. """"CsSÃmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkÄ¡nt¸mjpw Nn«p¶p*v. AkÄ¡ptk*Sv H^m\nWpfm{Sw sNmXp¡m³ Njn]p¶Sm\v. Wo]Sv sI¿v'' MmWktWmXv b_ªp.

AksW\oäv AkapsXAXp¯n^p¶p. bns¶ AkapsX ssNbnXn¨v Aksâ Np®]n bnXn¸n¨p. AkapsX N®pNan tWm¡n Ak³ tImUn¨p, """"MmWnSv bm_pk½]psX Npªn¸q_n skt¨mt«?'' AkÄ S`]m«n, N®X¨pNnX¶p. AksWm^p S`]n\s]Xp¯p, AkapsX A^s¡«psbm¡n ASnWXn]n k¨p. knXÀ¶ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]nÂ, S`]n\ sbm¡n] A^s¡«nÂ, AkapsX bq_v AÂbfm]n km]vSp_¶v Aksâ Np®¡v hzmPStfmSn. ^*pkn^`pNÄ AkapsX WWªpNpSnÀ¶ bq_nWpÅn NX¯n skan]ns`Xp¯n«p bSps¡ kn^`pNÄ knXÀ¯n, ASnWnX]n Wq`pNÄ SoÀ¡p¶ sNmjp¯ WWkv AksWWn¡v Nm\n¨pS¶p. Mm³ In^n¨ptbm]n. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n fp«pNp¯n]n^p¶v Np®]psX Aäw bq_nt`¡v bSps¡ NX¯n. WWªp NpSnÀ¶n^p¶SnWm C_p¡fpÅ AkapsX bq_nWN¯p dp²nfp«nÃmsS ASv NX¶p. A^s¡«pSmjv¯n, Np® fpjpk³ AN¯pNX¯n]tlgw AksWs¶ tWm¡n¸_ªp, """"A½ kn^`pw kjpSW§]pw sNm*v bm_pk½]psX Npªn¸q_nsW k`pSm¡n]n^n¡p¶p, Wµn'' Mm³ In^n¨ptbm]n. AkÄ Wm\wsNm*v N®pSp_¶nÃ. AkapsX NÃn¨ fp`NapsX N®pNan fm_nfm_n Ip*fÀ¯ns¡m*v Aksâ A^s¡«v I`n¨pSpX§n. Aksâ Wo*pNW¯ Np® AkapsX bq_nsW DjpSpf_ns¡ AkapsX