Chapter Title : രാധിക

'Biv... C¨n^n {blvW¯n`m... CknsX sI_ns]m^p skÅfXn bmÀ«n]...Bav AXn¨p cnävB]n NnX¡pkm...' fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶ Mm³ B huirU hwemg\w W¶m]n«v SpXÀ¶v sNm*ptbmkmWpÅ SnXp¡¯n Fs´ms¡t]m hwhm^n¨p. 'sâ Nrgv\m... ^Kotg, Nan b_]tà tfmtW...' ^mVnN]psX lЯn H^p b^n{efw. 'i i... tbXn¡* tI¨n, M§Ä C¯n^n skÅfXn¡pkm. Ak³ Ip½m M§apsX AXp¯p k¶n^ps¶s¶ DÅp. ASnsâ f\w tcm\n`qsX Wn§Äs¡ms¡ Nn«ptkm¶v tbXn¨p Bav tcm¬ Hs¡ _qfn bq«n skt¨¡pkm... F´nWm tI¨n C§sWms¡ tbXn¸n¨p kaÀ¯nt]¡ps¶?' B b^n{efw fmämWm]n Mm³ b_ªp. 'ASpsNms*´m... Wns¶t¸ms` kga³ B]nÃmt`m. Nq«pNm^sâ A½t]mXm Wo C§sWms¡ hwhm^n¡ps¶¶v tdmVfpt*m? MmWpw Wnsâ A½]tÃ...?' 'i i... A§sW Ipapkn Fsâ A½]mk*. AtÃ`pw A½]mkmWpÅ {bm]sfm¶pw ^mVntN¨n¡v CÃ. Mm³ N*n«pÅStÃ... Ct¸mjpw sI_p¸w' 'Zm Zm... fSn fSn Aksâ b©m^]Xn. Fsâ tfmsâ {bm]tf DÅq... AÃ, Wo F¸jm Fs¶ N*Sv? Mm³ CSpks^ Wns¶ N*n«nÃmt`m?' 'Dw... Nm\m³ sNmÅmkp¶ks^ Hs¡ B¬bntÅÀ tWm¡n sk¡pw. bns¶ Fs¶ ^mVntNIn¡v CWn knlUfm]n«v Nm\mtÃm' Mm³ b_ªp. 'Dw... fSn fSn. Wo AkWp sNmXpt¯... Wnt¶mXv AVnNw hwhm^n¨m l^n]mknÃ' AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp. N¼nNp«³.sWäv

N¼nNp«³.sWäv MmWpw In^n¨p. Mm³ tcm¬ sNm*ptbm]n KnWpknWv sNmXp¯p.

NnX¶t¸mÄ D_¡w k¶nÃ. fUy `i^n]n B]n^ps¶¦n`pw KnWpknsâ A½t]mXv