വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b¨ Wn_fpÅ AXn¸mkmX. H^p Nm`p fX¡n sk¨v NnX¡p¶ AkapsX I´n¡pX§Ä ^*p Np¶pNÄ tbms` D]À¶p Wn¡p¶p. H^p ssN l^o^¯nWXn]n Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n`m\v. skap¯p sNmjp¯ SpXNÄ N*t¸mÄ Nm`pNÄ¡nX]n H^p S^n¸v tSm¶n FWn¡v. C§sWm^p¯n CknsX bq_pw bnXn¨p NnX¶n«mt\m Mm³ C{S]pw tW^w sk_psS skan]n Wn¶p sk]n`p sNm*Sv?… Npt_¡qXn fpt¶ N]_n kt^*Sm]n^p¶p.
Mm³ Sp_¶p NnX¶ NSNn ^*p k«w fp«n. B^v tNÄ¡m³! I¯ D_¡fm\v sbm`]mXn. Mm³ làn]m]n NSNn AXn¨p. AkÄ sM«n Fjpt¶äp tWm¡n Fs¶.
“”””B^m… F´p tk\w?”
“”””tbm`ohm…””
Fsâ Nm¡n bmâhnt`¡pw {du\v gqhnt`¡pw tWm¡ns¡m*v AkÄ sM«n bnXsªjpt¶äp. hm^n k`n¨v skÅ »uhnWpÅn Sn§n Wn_ªp SÅn Wn¡p¶ k`n] fp`NÄ f_¨psNm*v tSmat¯¡n«p.
“”””F´m hmt_…?” AkÄ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p. Wm`vb¯©p k]sʦn`pw D*mkpw. C¶p sbXp¶sSÃmw A½m]nfm^m\tÃm F¶p In´n¨p sNm*p Mm³ Aksa AXnfpXn H¶p tWm¡n. D]^w Np_km\v. k« fpOw. b^¶ k`n] Ip*pNÄ. D^p*p SÅn] fp`NÄ… fp¶nt`¡v ImXn] k]_ms\¦n`pw A^s¡«nsâ koSn Nm^\w Wà kXnkp*v. tWÀ¯ hm^n]psX D®n]¸¯nsâ k`p¸fpÅ sbm¡nÄ sSanªp Nm\mw. »uhnsâ ssNNÄ¡v C_¡w kas^ Np_km\v. sNmjp¯p^p* fmwhafm] ssN¯*NÄ.
“”””tZmÎÀ CsÃXo CknsX?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””D®m³ tbm]n hmt_” AkÄ km¨n tWm¡n “”””Cs¸m F¯pw. hm_n^n¡p”
“”””Wnsâ tbs^´pkm?”
“”””`£vfn ¶m hmt_”
“”””Ft´m¶v `£vfn? fpjpk³ tb^v b_s]Xo. t_g³ NmÀZn DÅSv”
“”””`£vfn Wm]À”
Mm³ AkapsX AXpt¯¡v sI¶v lÐw Smjv¯n bp©n^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp. “”””C§sW NSsNms¡ Sp_¶p f`À¯n C«n«v CSp tbms` tdmVw tN«v NnX¶p_§n]m CknsX Nų tN_pftÃm `£vfo”
AkÄ In^n¨p. “”””H¶p f]§nt¸m]n hmt_… hmVm^\ D_§m_nÔ
“”””AsS¶m bän? Wm]^v tI«³ C¶s` ^m{Sn D_¡os`?”
“”””tÈm.. F´m hmt_ tZmÎs_ Nm\m³? hm_nWv hpOfntÃ?”
“”””Wnsâ tZmÎs_ sb®p Nm\m³ k¶Sm Mm³”
“”””Bt\m hmt_? Mm³ tZmÎs_ tcm\n knan¡mw”
Mm³ In^n¨p… “”Wns¶ N*t¸mÄ CWn]nt¸m tZmÎs_ Nm\t\m F¶m Mm³ Bt`mIn¡p¶Sv”
“”””sbm hmt_ Nan]m¡msS.. Mm³ tZmÎs_ knan¡mw”
“”””tks*Xo… Akav k^pt¼m k^s«…Mm³ Wnsâ tZmÎt_ sN«m³ k¶sSm¶pw AÃ. Wo Ct§ms«m¶p tWm¡nt]” Mm³ tbm¡än Wn¶p N¼nNp«³.sWäv