N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hmiv.. bns¶ W½psX sfÊns` dn^n]m\n Ss¶ AtÃ, ASnsW dn^n]m\n F¶v knan¡p¶ks^ b_ªm fSn]tÃm ‘
‘ FXo tf¯¨o, Nm^yw Wo Nps_ dn^n]m\n Sn¶v Nm\pw, F¶m`pw CknsX BsN sNmÅmkp¶ H^p cpZv dn^n]m\n B\v, ASnsW Wo Npäw b_]*.. km km ‘
Aksasâ ssN bnXn¨p k`n¨p.
‘ F¶m Wo tbm]n sN]n¨n«v km, Mm³ F´m]m`pw CSv SoÀ¶nt« F\o¡p¶pÅq’
‘ Hmiv, F¶m FWn¡pw bns¶ fSn. Wnsâ NqsX hwhm^n¨v C^p¶m fm{Stf FWn¡v cpZv Njn¡m³ ^hfpÅq. At¸mjm AkapsX H^p KmZ.. “”tbm]n sN]n¨n«v dm””, F¶m cmg]mXo CSv, BUyw Wo f`]maw bYn¡v. ‘
knan¨t¸m Mm³ tbmNm¯ tUgyw Fsâ emgt]mXm\v AkÄ SoÀ¯Sv.
‘ Hmiv, FWn¡n{S f`]matf A_n]q, WnW¡v Fs¶ Np_¨v cmg cYn¸n¨qsX? ‘
‘ tbmXo b«n, tkPw FjpSm³ tWm¡v ‘
Np_¨v A£ft]msX Bs\¦n`pw, Nps_ kÀ¯fmWw Hs¡ b_ªv– AkÄ AknsX Ss¶ C^p¶p..
‘Xn, km km, fSn, 8.10 B]n’
‘CSm Njnªp, Cu H^p k^n.. FXo knXv.. k^mw… l^n Mm³ H¶nWv tbm]n«v k^mw knXv ‘
‘ Ct¸mÄ Bt\m WnW¡v H^p fpÅÂ, cpZv Njn¨n«v tbmNmw’
‘ks¶Xo, H^p fnWnäv Wn¡v, Fs´m^p B{Nm´w B\nSv, MmWnSm F¯n’
‘FXo Fs´m^p fq{Sw H]n¡Â B\v– CSv–.. Wo CknXp¶p tbm] tlgw BUyw B]mt\m Hjn¡pt¶’
kmSn`nWv S«n sNm*v– bp_¯v– Wn¶v– AkÄ H¨s]Xp¯p.
‘ F´mXo CSv, fpÅmWpw h½Sn¡ntÃ’ Ip^nUm_nsâ WmX sN«n sNm*v– bp_¯n_§n] Mm³ AktamXv tImUn¨p.
‘ k`y Z]t`mPv AXn¡msS C§v kmXn, cpZv F§mWpw SoÀ¶m Wns¶ Mm³ sNmÃpw ‘
HmXn¡nS¨v sfÊns`¯n]t¸mÄ H^p knVw FÃm^pw cpZv Njn¨v tbm]n^p¶p. dn^n]m\n¡m]n t¹äv Wo«n] M§Ä¡v Nn«n]Sv bohv CÃm¯ sk_pw dn^n]m\n ss_hv…
‘bohv Sm tI¨n ‘
boshms¡ SoÀ¶p.. hf]w F´ms]¶m, tW^s¯ k^\w’
hf]w tWm¡pt¼m 8.25, F¶m`pw sfhv AX¡m³ 5 fnWnäv NqsX D*tÃm, M§apw sfÊns` tI¨nt]mXv Wà SÀ¡w B]n.
‘ Ft¶mXv sIm^p¡v H¶pw Nm\n¡* bntÅs^, Wn§apsX kmÀZWtà AknsX C^n¡p¶Sv, Akt^mXv tbm]n tImUn¡v ‘
‘ tfw… go` tfw… ‘
‘ fv.. F´m bntÅs^?’
Njn¨v sNm*n^n¡p¶ bm{S¯n Wn¶v fpOw D]À¯n kmÀZ³ M§sa tWm¡n
‘tfw, M§Ä¡v cpZv Cà ‘
‘ N¼nNp«³.sWäv