വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv s`SÀ gqhv. N«n fol. bsä sk«n HSp¡n] fpXn. hpfpOWm] B fWpgy³ ANt¯¡v N]_n k¶v bm_mkv Wn¶ sbm`ohpNm^tWmXv Fhv sF s] tImUn¨p.
Mm³ A]msa tWm¡n ssN D]À¯n N]_n k^m³ b_ªp. Fs´¦n`pw b^mSn]pfm]n k¶SmNpw. A]mÄ Fsâ fp¶n k¶v Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p sNm*v ssN Nq¸n. H^p sNm¨p Np«n]psX WngvNa¦S Wn_ª bp©n^n B]n^p¶p ASv. Cu t`mNs¯ Ss¶ Nojvs¸Xp¯pkm³ Njn]pw A]mapsX Cu fWÊnsâ DÅn Wn¶p k^p¶ bp©n^n¡v Fs¶Wn¡p tSm¶n. Mm³ A_n]msS Ss¶ A]mÄ¡v H^p ihvSUmWw h½mWn¨p tbm]n.
A]mÄ Fsâ N®pNapsX Bj¯nt`¡v tWm¡n FWn¡v tgNv im³Zv S¶p. frUp`fm] bSpbSp¯ A]mapsX ssN¸¯n Fsâ Sj¼n¨ b^p¯ ssN¡pÅn sb« H^p tfQw tbms`]m\v FWn¡v tSm¶n]Sv. ssUk¯nsâ ssN tbms`.
“”””F´m Nm^yw?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Fhv sF Wkmhv Ai½Uv?” frUpkm] F¶m Bßknlzmhw Spap¼p¶ lÐw.
“”””AtS”
“”””PpZv CukvWnRv hÀ… FWn¡v hm_ntWmXv H¶p hwhm^n¡\w.”
“”””k^q…”” Mm³ NymdnWnt`¡v N]_n . bn¶ms` A]mapw.
Mm³ C^p¶n«v A]mtamXv b_ªp. “”””C^n¡p”
A]mÄ C^p¶nÃ
“”””C^pt¶maq… F´m tb^v?”
“”””Fsâ tb^v {bhàfà hÀ” A]mÄ C^p¶p “”””In{Ss] FWnt¡m¶p Nm\m³ Njn]ptfm?”
“”””Wn§Ä In{S]psX?…”
“”””B^pfÃ. hm_nWv In{St]mXv H¶p b_]mtfm… fmÌÀ k¶n«p*v F¶v”
Fsâ k]än Wn¶v H^p tPmaw Njp¯nt`¡v D]À¶p k¶v H^p fm{S lzmhw SXÊs¸Xp¯n!
“”””fmÌÀ!”
Fsâ A¼^¸v N* B fWpgy³ bp©n^n¨p sNm*p b_ªp.
“”””At¸m In{S hm_ntWmXv Fs¶ Np_n¨v Ft´m b_ªn«p*v. ASp W¶m]n. fpOkp^ Hjnkm¡mftÃm”
A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p
“”””CknsX WX¶sSÃmw FWn¡_n]mw. CSntWmXNw hm_ntWmXv In{S Npäw FÃmw h½Sn¨n«p*mkpw F¶pw Mm³ {bSo£n¡p¶p. sl^n]tÃ?”
“”””AtS” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””tbm`ohv k¶mÂ, bnXn¡s¸Xpw F¶p tSm¶n]m F´p b_]pw F¶v In{S Ft¶mXv b_ªn^p¶p. bs£ hÀ, CSp sI]vSSv In{S AÃ. Mm³ fm{Sw B\v dndnsW sNm¶Spw, lkw Dtb£n¨Spw FÃmw.”
fmÌÀ bmâv–hv D]À¯n thmN-vhnWpÅn Wn¶pw s`SÀ D_]pÅ H^p N¯n bp_s¯Xp¯p tfl¸p_¯p sk¨n«v N¯n D_]n Wn¶pw Du^n. ^*n©p koSn]pw A^]Xn Woakpw DÅ H^p _mwtdm ssXbv tk« N¯n (i*nRv ssWcv).
“”””CSpbt]mPn¨m\v tNm` WX¯n]Sv. tcm_³hnNv sXÌv WX¯n]m Sm¦Ä¡Sv tdmVyw BNpw. Fs¶ Nm\\w F¶ Bklykpfm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv