തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 449

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASnt`¡v tWm¡n Np® SXkn. C¶v ^m{Sn fSnk^ptkmaw AWpekn¡m³ B{Nm´s¸«v– C^n¡pN]n^p¶ Aksâ tfmi§apsX tf AlWnbmSw tbms`]tà sSm½³ k¶n_§n]Sv. k*n Wo§n]t¸mÄ h®n NXp¯ ssW^mlyt¯msX k^m´]n C^p¶p.

Fhn]psX NpanÀ½]n fp³hoän Im^n]n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶ ssgWn]psX l^o^¯nsâ fUPÔw sSm½sW f]¡n. hoän AfÀ¶n^n¡p¶ AkapsX sNmjp¯ SpXNapsX k®w CX]v¡nsX A]mÄ tWm¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

“”””tfmsa, FWn¡v Wnt¶mXÂbw hwhm^n¡\w. F¶n«v fSn ko«nt`¡pÅ tbm¡v. F´pb_]p¶p?” k*n sf]n³ t_mZn F¯n]t¸mÄ sSm½³ tImUn¨p. ssgWn tImUyemk¯n A]msa tWm¡n.

“”””Wfp¡v sXu\n GsS¦n`psfm^p tim«`n S§mw. AknsX]mNpt¼mÄ Bs^]pw e]¡msS Sp_¶v hwhm^n¡mftÃm”

ssgWn]psX irU]Smaw sfsà sSäm³ SpX§n. ZmZn Ssâs]m¸w H^p tim«`n Smfhn¡m³ SmÂb^ys¸Xp¶p. A_n]msS k`Sp Iq*pkn^ AkapsX km]nt`¡v N]_n.

“”””ko«n f½n Sn^¡ntÃ?” AkÄ tImUn¨p.

“”””MmsWm^p hpir¯nsW Nm\m³ tbms]¶v b_tªmamw”

ssgWn fqan. AkapsX DÅn sb^p¼_ fpj§p¶ lÐw B^wen¨p Njnªn^p¶p. sSm½³ bman AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. km]n kn^ NX¯n NojvIp*v t`lw Smtj¡v f`À¯n kÃms¯m^p emkt¯msX C^n¡pN]m\v AkÄ. fp`NÄ lzmhPSn¡Wph^n¨v D]À¶p Smjp¶p*v–.

“”””tfmÄ¡v knt^mVfps*¦n tk*; ko«n tbmNmw. bs£ AknsXk¨v Mm³ Dt±ln¡p¶ Nm^y§av b_]m³ huN^yw Nn«nÃ. t_mh½ l`yfm\v”

ssgWn In^n]X¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v A]msa tWm¡n. A½m]n]½s] A]mÄ¡v Cãfà F¶ A_nkv AkÄ¡v Wt¶ hpOn¨p. H^p bq_nWv fsäm^p bq_ntWmXpÅ Wn^´^ ANm^\ ssk^w Ss¶ Nm^\w.

“”””ZmZn]psX Cãw” tWm«w fmän]n«v AkÄ b_ªp.

sSm½³ Aksa H¶v b^o£n¨S]n^p¶p; At¸mÄ imKn b_ª Nm^y§an CWn l¦ tkt* tk*. Ssâ NqsX SWn¨v tim«`n Smfhn¡m³ AkÄ¡v fXn]nÃ. h®n]psX NqsX BW Nan¨ sb®v; imKn¡v hz´w BhWw WÂNn] Nj¸n.

H^p fp´n] tim«`n¯s¶ sSm½³ fp_ns]Xp¯p. AÑWpw fNapw F¶m\v ^KnÌ_n sSm½³ FjpSn]Sv. At¸mjm\v– tim«`nsâ _nhbvgWn D*m]n^p¶kÀ¡v fWhfmVmWw Nn«n]Spw. Ak^psX N®pNÄ ssgWn]psX l^o^s¯ sNm¯n k`n¡pN]m]n^p¶p.

fp_n]n N]_n] sSm½³ ssN]n N^pSn]n^p¶ fUy¡p¸n A`fm^]n k¨p.

“”””H¶v Npan¡s«; tfmav Npan¡pt¶m?” DXp¸q^n]n«v N¼nNp«³.sWäv