തൊമ്മനും മരുമകളും 2 [Master] 449

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ks¶” A]mÄ Aksa knan¨p.

ssgWn Fjpt¶äv A]mapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p. A]mÄ Aksa bnXn¨v AXp¯n^p¯n. F¶n«v AkapsX SpXp¯ fpOw Ssâ tWs^ Sn^n¨v ASnt`¡v tWm¡n. ssgWn Ip*pNÄ t`lw AN¯n, km] Sp_¶v k¨n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p; UmimÀ¯s]t¸ms`.

“”””tfmav NpXpwd¯v Smfhnt¨m. B koXv AkWpw em^y]pw SWn¨v hpOnt¨ms« F¶v N^pSn k¨psNmXp¯Sm\v Mm³. bs£ AkWSnWÀiWÃ. ASpsNm*v MmWSv kn¡m³ So^pfmWn¨p. ASnsâ b`nl fSn WnW¡pw AkWpw BZwd^t¯msX Kokn¡m³. F´m?”

ssgWn bp©n^n¨psNm*v S`]m«n.

“”””tfmÄsX Bklysfms¡ Mm³ tWm¡nt¡mamw” A]mÄ AkapsX NojvIp*n SÅkn^ HmXn¨psNm*v b_ªp.

“”””F§sW” ssgWn Ip*v bnap¯n, S`]m«ns¡m*v tImUn¨p; sskklyt¯msX.

sSm½³ Aksa bnXn¨p fXn]nt`¡v C^p¯n. bp_w Sn^nªn^p¶n^p¶ AkapsX sNmjp¯ ssN]n A]mÄ fpOffÀ¯n. ssgWn]n Wn¶pw ho¡m^w D]À¶p. sSm½³ AkapsX S` Smtj¡v sI^n¨v, sIkn]n Ip*pNÄ fp«n¨p.

“”””Wnsâ NXn Mm³ SoÀ¯pS^pw; Wnsâ bqän`pw NqSn]n`pw W¡n Fsâ Np® sNm*v Wns¶ Mm³ hpOn¸n¡psfXn I^s¡”

ssgWn NpXpNpsX In^n¨p. AkÄ C_§n A]mÄ¡v AenfpOfm]n Sn^nªn^p¶p. F¶n«]mapsX N®pNant`¡p tWm¡n. sfsà AkÄ Ip*pNÄ A]mapsX Ip*pNan fp«n¨p. sSm½sâ km]nt`¡v AkapsX NojvIp*v N]_n. Io_ns¡m*v AkÀ b^hvb^w Ipwdn¨p. sSm½WÃ, ssgWn]m]n^p¶p bX W]n¨Sv. AkÄ A]mapsX sIknNapw Ip*pNapw frUpkm]n D_p©n k`n¨p. AkapsX kjpkjp¯ Wmkv Ssâ fpO¯pw Njp¯n`pw Cj]p¶Sv AWpeqSn]psX D¯pwP¯nt`¡v D]À¶psNm*n^p¶ sSm½W_nªp. WmkpWo«n A]mapsX fpOfmsN W¡n] ssgWn]psX DfnWoÀ ASn`msN Wn_ªp.

“”””CWn AkWÃ, ZmZn]m Fsâ eÀ¯mkv. CSms\sâ I¡^¡p«³; Fs¶ F´v tkt\`pw sI]vtSm tNt«m? CãfpÅsSms¡ Fs¶ knant¨m” A]msa sN«n¸nXn¨v sIkn]n AkÄ f{´n¨p.

“”””Nj¸n” sSm½³ b_ªp.

“”””B\v, ASnsW´m”

“”””Wnsâ NqSn Mm³ sbman¡pw”

ssgWn “”Hm bnt¶’ F¶ emkt¯msX Ip*v f`À¯n. sSm½³ Btklt¯msX Aksa bnXn¨v B Ip*v km]n`m¡n D_p©n.

A]mapsX B{Nm´w AX§n]t¸mÄ AkÄ Wn^§n Smtj¡n_§n A]mapsX fp³bn Wn`¯m]n C^p¶p. AkapsX ssN A]mapsX fp*nt`¡v Wo*p. ASv ^*p klt¯¡pw AN¯n Nm\m³ sNmSn¨n^p¶ B hmVW¯nt`¡v AkÄ BÀ¯nt]msX tWm¡n. sSm½sâ fpjp¯ Np® N¼nNp«³.sWäv