വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bn¶n sk«n C_¡n] »uhnWv fpNan AkapsX kn^nª bp_w fp¡m`pw WPvWfm\v. fª N`À¶ skap¯ sSm`n¸p_¯v kn]À¸pf\nNÄ… W¡n FXp¡m³ B\v tSm¶n]Sv. Mm³ ssN¸¯n sNm*v Ak^psX bp_¯p Wn¶pw kn]À¸p kXns¨Xp¯p. Fsâ ssN sSm«t¸mÄ NWN¯nsâ tUiw AXnfpXn H¶p kn_¨Sv Mm³ Nm^yfm¡n]nÃ. WWª ssN¸¯n AkapsX fpO¯nWp tWs^ bnXn¨p Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Npan¨n«mt\m Wo C{S]pw kn]À¡p¶Sv?”
NWN`S Wm\t¯msX In^n¨p. fpSp bq_nNapsX Wm\w Nm\m³ WÃ tI`m\v. Nmfw {Shn¡p¶ Wm\w.
Mm³ H¶pw fn*msS ssN Sn^nsN FXp¯p f\¯p tWm¡n. bps¶Ãnsâ f\w. Mm³ AkÄ tWm¡n WnÂs¡ Fsâ ssN¸¯n W¡n Wp\ªp. NWN`S F´p b_]\w F¶_n]msS Wn¶t¸mÄ Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””Wns¶t¸ms` H`n¡p¶ sb®p§Ä Unkhkpw Wm`p tW^w Npan¡\w. kÃm¯ H`n¸v Ss¶ WnW¡v. N*ntà »uhv N£¯pw sfm`]n`pw Hs¡ WWsªm«n C^n¡p¶Sv…. Wm`p tW^w Npan¡\w tNt«m”
“”””Cu hm_v… tlm!”
“”””Mm³ b_sªs¶ DÅp. Wnsâ Cãw tbms` sI]v. Wnsâ tUi¯nsâ Cu bpjp§n FXp¯ Wmäw B\p§Ä¡v bnXn¡nÃ. Fs¶ tbms` Aà FÃmk^pw. FWn¡v bns¶ Cu Wmäkpw H`n¸pw H^pbmXpÅ sb®p§sa e]¦^ Cãfm. FÃmÀ¡pw Cãs¸XnÃtÃm. ASp sNm*p b_ªSm\v. Wo h¦Xs¸X*.” NWN`S]psX Njp¯pw bp_kpw k]_pw ko*pw WWªp.
Mm³ Aksa tWm¡n sNm*v Nth^]n sI¶n^p¶p. AkÄ sfsà WX¶v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶v tfl]psX fq`]n I´n Im^n Wn¶p. A§sW Wn¶t¸mÄ AkapsX sNmS¯nsâ kXnkv FWn¡v sl^n¡pw Nm\mw.
“”””F´m]n^p¶p CknsX Smfhn¨ b¿sâ tb^v–?”
“”””gnKp”
“”””sNm¨n¡m^³ Ss¶]mt\m?”
“”””A§sW]m\v M§tamXv b_ªSv”
“”””C§sW DÅ Du^pw tb^pw A_n]m¯k·ms^ ko«n tNän Smfhn¸n¨m Ak·m^v DÅ fpS`pw sNm*p tbmNpw. A_n]mtfm?”
“”””Wfps¡m^p k^pfmWfm hmt_… bns¶ sNm*p tbmNm³ CknsX sfmSs`m¶pw CÃ hmt_”
“”””Wo Ss¶ H^p D{P³ sfmS`tà Fsâ NWNs½…””
“”tbm hmt_…”” NWN`S AkapsX sNmSw H¶v Ca¡n. tfl]psX fq` AkapsX sNm¯nWpÅnt`¡v Np¯n N]_n…
“”Mm³ Nm^yfm]n«v b_ªSm… sI_n] sI¡·mÀ¡v Wnsâ Cu sfm`]pw sNmSkpw Hs¡ N*m bnXn¨p Wn¡m³ bänÃ. hSyw b_… H^p¯Wpw Wnt¶mXv tImUn¨ntÃ?”
“”””F´p tImUn¨ntà ¶v?”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv NWN`S ]psX NmSn ^ihyw tbms` b_ªp, “”””Wnsâ bqän C«p b®m³ tImUn¨n«ntà ¶v?”
“”””HÈv-… Ft´m¶v hmt_ N¼nNp«³.sWäv