വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv FXp¯v dndnsâ tcmt«m Aksa Nm\n¨p. WnÀknNm^fm] AkapsX fpOw Fs¶ ht´mgn¸n¨p.
“”””C]msa A_n]psfm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””CÔ
“”””H¶pNqXn Bt`mIn¨p tWm¡v tZmÎÀ”
“”””Cà A_n]nÔ
“”””C¶s` ^m{Sn C]mÄ CknsX D*m]n^p¶ntÃ?”
“”””CknsX D*m]n^p¶p F¦n Mm³ A_n]pw F¶v b_]ntà hm_ntWmXv?”
b¨ sS_n]m\v Wm¡n k^p¶Sv. Zn Kn bn ]psX hÀ¡p`À HmÀ¯t¸mÄ Nt{*mÄ sI]vSp.
^tfl³ CXsb«p. “”””sNmt¨… A_n]mkp¶ Nm^y§Ä sbs«¶v b_ªm M§Ä¡pw dp²nfp«nà sNm¨nWpw dp²nfp«nÃ. Ck³ C¶s` ^m{Sn CknsX k¶p F¶pÅSnWv M§apsX N¿n sfmssd s`mt¡g³ s_t¡mÀZv D*v”
In{S tfl¸p_t¯¡v ssNfp«pNÄ Du¶n fpt¶m«mªn^p¶v b_ªp. “”””CknsX? Cu fp_n¡pÅn k¶p F¶mt\m s_t¡mÀZv? H^mÄ bp_¯pÅ t_mZnt`m bmXt¯m k¶n^p¶m`pw Cu s`mt¡g³ Asà Nm\n¡pN?”
“”””Hmtim… sNm¨p bYn¨n«p k¶n^n¡]m\tÃ? Wns¶ sNm*p b_]n¸n¡m³ M§Ä¡_n]mw” ^tflsâ lÐw NW¯p. “”””Cu tcmt«m]n DÅk³ C¶s` ^m{Sn I¯p. I¯Sà sNm¶p. AStWzgn¡m³ B\v M§Ä CknsX k¶Sv. sNm¶Sv Wo]ms\¶_n]mw. F´nWv? F§sW ? F¶p fm{Sw b_ªm fSn”
AkÄ lm´fm] fpOt¯msX ^tflsW tWm¡n b_ªp “”””fnÌÀ HmcohÀ… b_]n¸n¡mw F¶v Wà Bßknlzmhw Wn§Ä¡ps*¦n Wn§Ä¡v ASnWp {lfn¡mw. bt£ FWn¡n]msa A_n]nà F¶v Mm³ b_ªmÂ… ASp Ss¶]m\v Fsâ D¯^w”
“”””FXo… kWnSm sbm`ohv Cs¸m k^pw. Wns¶ tÌgWn sNm*p tbm]n Sp\n]nÃmsS WnÀ¯n N^]n¨nsæn Fsâ tb^v F Fhv– sF ^tfl³ F¶Ã”
BkÄ b_ªp, “”””tb^v b_ªSp W¶m]n. Cu kn^«v Wn§Ä kà bmkw hv{SoNtamXpw sI`km¡q fnÌÀ. Fs¶ Cu bXn¡v bp_t¯¡v sNm*p tbmN\w F¦n Wn§apsX N¿n sSankv tk\w. B^psXs]¦n`pw sfmssd s`mt¡g³ fSn]mknà ASnWv F¶v Mm³ Wn§Ä¡v b_ªp St^*tÃm?”
Mm³ AkÀ ^*p tb^psX]pw hwemg\w NuSpNt¯msX tN«n^n¡pN]m]n^p¶p. AktamXv– Gäpfp«n fWÊp SaÀ¶ ^tfl³ Ft¶mXv tImUn¨p. “”””hms_´m H¶pw fn*mSn^n¡p¶Sv?”
Mm³ ^tflsW tWm¡n H¶p bp©n^n¨ tlgw b_ªp “”””Mm³ F´p fn*mWm… tZmÎÀ sNm¨p b_]p¶Sn Nm^yfntÃ… B dndnWpfm]n tZmÎs_ N\Îv sI¿mWpÅ F´p sSankm ^tftl«sâ N¿n`pÅSv?”
^tfl³ Fs¶ hwl]t¯msX H¶p tWm¡n. bns¶ B b^p¡³ fpO¯v NuSpNw Wn_ª H^p NphrSn sSanªp k¶p. Mm³ ^tflsâ N®pNan tWm¡n Fsâ ^*p N¼nNp«³.sWäv