വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv fpOw hzmemknNfm¡n A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”””F´m hmt_ CSv?”
Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n bpÑt¯msX H¶p In^n¨n«v fp_n¡v bp_¯n_§n. At¸mtj¡pw ^tflWpw hnÔpkpw NqXn In{Ss] AN¯pÅ fp_n]n C^p¯n]n^p¶p. hnÔpknsW]pw tNm¬ÌdnÄ Kn¡ntfmta]pw In{S]v¡p Nmk WnÀ¯n ^tfl³ Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”””hmt_ S^N³…?”
“”””Ak³ b_]pw. Nps_ Nan¨nt« b_]q. bNv–tg Nan¡m³ Wfp¡v hf]w CÃ. ^tftl«³ Aksâ AXpt¯s¡m¶p sIÃv. tkPw tk\w. b_]m_mkpt¼mÄ Fs¶ knan¡v. C¶p ^m{Sn A`vbw sskNn B]m`pw hm^fnÃ. C¶v Ss¶ A_hv_v t^Os¸Xp¯\w”
^tflWv Nm^yw fWÊn`m]n. Wmat¯¡v sk¨mÂ, fpNan DÅ GsS¦n`pw hm_·mt^ CSnsâ s{NZnäv– ssiKm¡v sI¿pw. W½Ä Nãs¸«Sv sk_psS BNpw.^tfl³ bns¶ H¶pw Bt`mIn¨nÃ. Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡v N]_n Chim¡v S^Nsâ sIkn¡Ãp tWm¡n Hs^®w sbm«n¨p. S^N³ sIkn]pw sbm¯n S_]nt`¡v ko\p.
“”””SÃtà ^tflm… ^tfl³ hmt_… SÃtÃ… Mm³ b_]mw” S^Nsâ km¡pNÄ tN«t¸mÄ Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n . hpVoÀ A]msa bnXns¨jpt¶`vbn¨p Nth^]n C^p¯n. H^p Nth^ k`n¨v A]mÄs¡Sns^ C«p MmWpw C^p¶p.
S^N³ b_ªp… “”hmt_ hm_v Nm\n¨ tcmt«m]n DÅ N¯n FtâSv Ss¶]m. bs£ C¶s` ASv FknsXt]m Wãs¸«p. Mm³ A^]n Sn^pNn sk]v¡m_pÅ N¯n]m. C¶s` ko«n Sn^nsN F¯n]t¸mÄ ASp Nm\mWnÃ. Mm³ b_]p¶Sv hSyfm hmt_. GksW¦n`pw ASp sk¨p kà tk*mUoWkpw Nm\nt¨m hmt_?”
hpVoÀ A]mtamXv b_ªp “”””F]v– … tk*mUoWw H¶pw Nm\n¨nÃ! C¶s` km^n¡pjn]n NnX¶p f`¨k³ Cu N¯n sNm*m f^n¨Sv. A¨m]sâ ssXw-! CWn Cs¸m Wn^mim^w H¶pw NnX¡*. S^N³ A¨m]³ Ss¶]m H¶mw {bSn”
“”””hmt_-! ISn¡tÔ S^N³ sW©¯p ssN sk¨p tbm]n “”””I¯k³ B^ms\¶p tbm`pw FWn¡v Cu Wnfngw ks^ A_n]¯nÃ. FWn¡_n]m¯ H^p¯sW MmsW´nWm hmt_ sNmÃpt¶?”
Mm³ b_ªp… “”Sm³ H¶p HmÀ¯p tWm¡nt]… N¯n FknsXsk¨m Ft¸mam Wãs¸«Sv F¶v”
“”””hSyfm]pw FWnt¡mÀ½ Cà hmt_”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv S^NsW]pw Nq«n In{S C^p¶ fp_n]nt`¡v sI¶p.
“”””tZmÎt_… fn*mSn^p¶n«p Nm^yfnÃ. NTs]ms¡ M§Ä Ss¶ D*m¡ns¡mÅmw. Wo]pw Chim¡v S^NWpw {bSnNamkpw. ^*nWpw fnWnfw H^p Kokb^y´w km§n S^m³ H^p bmXpfnà FWn¡v”
Chim¡v S^N³ Wn`knan¨p tbm]n “”””At¿m CSm tZmÎ^v sNm¨tÃ…? Fsâ sbm¶p hm_½ms^ FWn¡v CSnsW¸än H¶pf_n]¯nÃ. sNmt¨… Wos]¦n`pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv