N¼nNp«³.sWäv fp`NÄ ! sim! C{S]pw k`n] fpaNÄ Mm³ H^n¡`pw N*n«nÃ. »uhn Wn_ªp Sq§n] k`n] b¸m] tbm`pÅ B fp`NÄ Ak^psX l^o^¯nsâ Hmt^m AW¡¯n`pw Sq§n BXp¶p. sW©pw Njnªp k]_nt`¡v Mm¶p NnX¡p¶ B sNmjp¯ fp`NÄ C_¡n sk«n] Ak^psX »uhnWv fpNan bNpSn]pw skan]n`m\v. Sn§n sM^p§n Wn¡p¶ fp`NÄ¡nX]ns` WoafpÅ Im`nt`¡v– Np® Np¯n Sn^pNm³ tSm¶nt¸m]n. Fsâ irU]w bX bXm fnXn¡p¶Sv FWn¡v tNÄ¡mw F¶p tSm¶n.
Mm³ AXpt¯]v¡v WX¶t¸mÄ AkÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n tImUn¨p, “”””B^m..?”
“”””ASv–… Mm³…”” Mm³ F´v b_]\w F¶_n]msS Npj§n Wn¶t¸mÄ AXp¡a kmSn¡ tfma½ {bSy£s¸«p. “”””FXo bm_p¡p«n…””
“”Bim tfma½ tI¨n]m… CsS¸ k¶v?” bm_p¡p«n In^n¨p.
tfma½ Nm^y§sams¡ b_ªp. Fs¶]pw b^nI]s¸Xp¯n. “”””FXo Wo hm_nWv Wnsâ blpknsW H¶p Nm\n¨p sNmXv. S]v¸n¡m³ DÅSv Wnsâ sN«ns]mWv b_ªp sNmXp¯n«v Mm³ k^mw.” CSpw b_ª tlgw Fs¶ tWm¡n H^p NÅ In^n In^n¨p tfma½ ko*pw ANt¯]v¡v tbm]n. bm_pNp«nt]mXv F§sW hmwhm^n¨p SpX§\w F¶v Bt`mIn¨p Wn¶ Fs¶ tWm¡n AkÀ Ss¶ tImUn¨p, “”””hm_v CSnWp fp¼v blp¡sa kaÀ¯o«pt*m?”
“”””CÔ Mm³ b_ªp
“”””sfWt¡Xv b\n]m hmt_.. N*ntà CSnsW Npan¸n¡p¶Sv Ss¶ H^p k`n] b\n]m”
Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯¡v sI¶p, d¡än Wn¶pw H^p N¸v skÅw tNm^n Mm³ b_ªp “”””Mm³ him]n¡mw tI¨o.. FWn¡nsSms¡ Cãfm. Mm³ skÅw Hjn¨p S^mw. tI¨n tSt¨m” bm_p¡p«n In^n¨p. Mm³ Ak^psX AXpt¯]v¡v Wn¶v AkÀ tS]v¡p¶ Ø`¯p skÅw tNm^n Hjn¡m³ SpX§n. Fsâ N®pNÄ Ak^psX SpX]n`pw sNmS¯n`pw fp`]n`pw Hs¡ Cjªp WX¶p Np® N¼n]mNm³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Mm³ `p¦n fX¡n Np¯n.
sfsà sfsà skÅw Hjn¡p¶SnWnX]n Mm³ Ak^psX tUi¯p S«n fp«m³ SpX§n. AkÀ ASv A{S Nm^yw B¡n]nÃ.
blpknsâ bn¶n F¯n] bm_p¡p«n, ASnsâ km`v H^p ssN sNm*v fmän bnXn¨p NqSn]n INn^n sk¨p tS¨p. “”””AknsXs]ms¡ NjpNt\m?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””tk\w hmt_… C¯n^n skÅw Hjnt¨” Mm³ skÅw Hjn¨p sNmXp¯p. bm_p¡p«n NpWnªp Wn¶v N¿ns` INn^n Naªv sk_pw ssN sNm*v blpknsâ sNmSkpw bq_pw SXkn NjpNp¶p. MmWpw NpWnªp Wn¶v, bm_p¡p«n]psX Sq§n BXp¶ fp`NÄ tWm¡n b_ªp. “”””blp AW§msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*ntÃ… tI¨n bqän Djn]p¶Sv AkÄ¡v Cãw Bs\¶v tSm¶p¶p.” bm_p¡p«n In^n¨p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv