തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 449

N¼nNp«³.sWäv f_pbXn tN« imKn]psX fWÊn Pp*pNÄ Sp^pSp^m sbm«n. A§sW ssgWn ko*pw ko«n¯s¶ Wn¡m³ tbmNp¶p. AkapsX NqSn Sn¶n«p Nps_ fmh§am]n. Òw, CWn ASv Nn«msWm^p {b]mhkpfnÃ. A]mÄ DÅn b_ªp.

sSm½³ tWs^ H^p tim«`nt`¡v N]_n tIm_p*p. imKnt]mXp hwhm^n¨pw fUybn¨pw hf]w ^*pf\n Njnªn^p¶p. D* tlgw A]mÄ Ssâ FN-vhv ]p kn]n N]_n fUykpw Du\pw WÂNn] £o\w SoÀ¡m³ hoäv WnkÀ¯n, Fhn Hm\m¡n H¶v f]§n; GSm*v H^p f\n¡qÀ tW^w. D_¡w Njnsªjpt¶äv fpOw NjpNn H^p Im]]pw NpXn¨n«m\v– A]mÄ ko*pw ]m{S SpXÀ¶Sv. ssgWn]psX koXnsâ fp³bn A]mapsX k*n F¯pt¼mÄ hf]w Wm`^ Njnªn^p¶p. sSm½³ k*n]n Wn¶pfn_§n AkapsX ko«nt`¡v sI¶p. fp³kmSn Sp_¶pSs¶ NnX¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

“”””B^pfntà CknsX?” A]mÄ DÅnt`¡v tWm¡n knan¨p tImUn¨p.

A`vbw Njnªt¸mÄ ssgWn fp³bns`¯n. Aksa N*t¸mįs¶ sSm½sâ ftWmWn` sSän. H^p skÅ]n N_p¸v bpÅnNapÅ Ip^nUmÀ B]n^p¶p AkapsX tkgw. tUit¯mXv bän¸nXn¨p NnX¶n^p¶ B khv{Sw AkapsX l^o^s¡mjp¸pw kXnkpw AtSbXnSs¶ Nm\n¨p. sW©n SÅn fpjp¯v Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ. kn]À¯ N£§Ä. sk®Wn_fpÅ sNmjp¯ ssN¯*NÄ. WWkpÅ tIm^ SpXs¨Xp¡m³ hmVn¡p¶ knXÀ¶ NojvIp*v.

“”””t¿m ZmZn.. b¸m, f½n tU ZmZn”

sSm½sW N* ht´mg¯n ssgWn D_s¡ knan¨pb_ªp. h®n]pw em^y]pw bp_t¯s¡¯n. h®n]psX ssNNÄ A_n]msS¶ tbms` ssgWns] fp«p¶Spw, AkÄ ASv sPuWn¡msS Wn¡p¶Spw sSm½³ {l²n¨p.

“”””sSm½¨m]tWm? t¿m tN_n k¶ms«” h®n eàymU^bqÀkw b_ªp. A]mÄ¡v N]_mWm]n klt¯¡v fm_n] h®n]psX tf ssgWn]psX fpjp¯ I´nNÄ AfÀ¶Sv BVnt]msX sSm½³ N*p. tN«sSms¡ l^nSs¶.

“”””FXo Im] FXp¡v; C^n¡v sSm½¨m]m” h®n tkPw Nth^]ns` sbmXn S«n]n«p b_ªp. sSm½³ C^p¶p.

“”””ssgWn tfmsa´m C§p tbm¶Sv? M§tamXv tbm`pw b_]msS”

DbIm^km¡pNÄ¡pw Im]NpXn¡pw tlgw sSm½³ tImUn¨p. ASpks^ bp©n^n¨psNm*v Wn¶ ssgWn B tImUyw tN«t¸mÄ fpOw koÀ¸n¨v Ip*v SÅn h®ns] tWm¡n. h®n Aksa N®n_p¡n Nm\n¡p¶Sv sSm½³ N*p.

“”””tfmsWm¶pw b_ªnÃ^pt¶m A¨m]m?” h®n]m\v AkÄ¡v tk*n hwhm^n¨Sv.

“”””CÃ; AStà MmWnt§m«v– k¶Sv”

“”””Ak³ NÅpNpXn¨p k¶p tfmsa Db{Ukn¡pfm]n^p¶p. Wn§apsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv