വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv H¶p b_… Fs¶ F´nWm sNm`]v¡v sNmXp¡p¶Sv? Mm³ WnW¡v F´p t{Umiw sI]v–sSXo tfmta?”
In{S Fsâ N®pNant`¡v tWm¡n b_ªp
“”””A]mÄ¡v H¶pw A_n]nÃ. H^p b¦pfnÃ. Mm³ FÃmw b_]mw”
hpVo_pw Kn¡ntfmapw NqXn Chim¡nsW bp_t¯¡p sNm*p tbm]n. fp_n]n MmWpw ^tflWpw hnÔpkpw fm{Sfm]n In{St]msXm¸w.
In{S b_ªp,
“”””dndnsW FWn¡v boKn ¡p bYn¡p¶ Nmw fpSÂt¡ A_n]mw. sfZn¡Â s_bv Bs\¶v b_ªm\v Fs¶ b^nI]s¸«Sv. Aksâ huµ^ykpw BNÀgNfm] sb^pfmäkpw Hs¡ Nm^\w sbs«¶v Ss¶ M§Ä {b\]¯n B]n. FÃm AÀT¯n`pw M§Ä AXp¯p. bs£ Ak³ Fs¶ ISn¡pN]m]n^p¶p F¶p Mm³ bn¶oXm\v A_nªSv. Ft¶msXm¯pÅ koZnt]mhv Ak³ MmW_n]msS hq£n¨n^p¶p. ASp Nm\n¨v Ak³ Fs¶ dvamNvsf]n sI¿pkm³ SpX§n. b\¯nWp tk*n b`À¡pw Ak³ Fs¶ NmjvIsk¨p. F_\mNpa¯v A_n]s¸Xp¶ H^p bn¼v B]n^p¶p dndn³.” In{S]psX N®pNÄ Wn_ªp. hnÔp H^p ¥mhv skÅw FXp¯p sNmXp¯t¸mÄ AkÄ ASv NpXn¨p. H¶p sWXpkoÀ¸n«p tlgw SpXÀ¶p.
“”””H^p kÀgt¯maw Ak³ ASp SpXÀ¶p. Mm³ Nm`p bnXn¨tb£n¨n«pw A]mÄ bn·m_n]nÃ. koZnt]mhv sWän CXpw F¶p b_ªt¸mÄ AksW AWph^n¡msS FWn¡v tks_ kjn]p*m]n^p¶nÃ.

H^p Unkhw Mm³ Wm«n Wn¶pw F_\mNpat¯¡v s{X]nWn tbmNpt¼mÄ H^msa b^nI]s¸«p. Mm³ Fsâ knVn HmÀ¯p Wn^ml]m] Mm³ s{X]nWn Wn¶p ImXn BßiSy sI¿m³ Sp\nªt¸mÄ ssUkUqSsW tbms` ¶v Fs¶ ssN bnXn¨p KoknS¯nt`¡v fX¡n sNm*p k¶ B fWpgyWm\v Fs¶ dndnsâ ssNNan Wn¶v tfmIn¸n¨Sv”
“”””F§sW? B^m]n^p¶p A]mÄ?” Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Mm³ Smfhn¨n^p¶ cv–amänt`¡v At±iw b_ª {bNm^w Mm³ dndnsW knan¨p k^p¯n. Fsâ {bSnNm^w Mm³ WX¸n`m¡n. AkWp Mm³ D_¡¯n shtZg³ sNmXp¯ tlgw AkWp boWÎfn sI]vSp `nwPw fp_n¨p fmän!”
“”22 cosf]n sF^mkS¡pjn’ Mm³ fWÊn b_ªp. Fsâ `nÌn DÅ hN`fmW tWjvhpfms^]pw t`Zn tZmÎÀfms^]pw As¸m Ss¶ sk«n fmän. BsN¸msX DÅSv H^p Np®]m\v–. ASp N^¡m^p sNm*ptbm]m bns¶ Kokn¨n^p¶n«p Nm^yfnÃtÃm. tZmÎÀ godm tKm\nsWs]m¶pw knlzhn¡m³ bänÃ. Np® fm{Sw Bknà sbm`]mXn A_pt¯m*v tbm\Sv-!
^tfl³ AktamXv– tImUn¨p, “”””Wo Cu “”At±iw At±iw’ F¶p b_]p¶ tUi¯nWp tb^ntÃ?”

“”””fmÌÀ !” In{S b_ªp

“”””fmÌt_m? AsSms¡ H^p tb^mt\m? ]TmÀ° tb^v b_s]Xo” N¼nNp«³.sWäv