N¼nNp«³.sWäv tI©nwPv _qfn`m,””
AkÄ NnX¡]nt`¡v Imªp.
“”bqt´m«w sW_¨pw NmXpbnXn¨v sNX¡pkm^n¡pw AtÃ?””
AkÄ ko*pw A]mapsX lÐw tN«p.
“”ftWmtK«³ k^p¼w NmsXm¡n l^n¡v sk«ns¯an¨v kr¯n]m¡mw tbms^ fpt¯?””
Nm`pNÄ knXÀ¯n sk¨v Ip^nUm_nWp fpNan`qsX bnaÀ¸n AfÀ¯n sM¡ns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F´nWm tfmsa?””
“”FWns¡m^p Npªv ftWmKntÃ? AkWp HmXn¡an¡m³…””
S³s_ lzmhw fp_pNp¶Sv AkÄ A_nªp.
kn^`pNÄ bm³ävhn³s_ I^Xn sS^p¸nXn¨p.
“”AkWv Han¨p Nan¡mWm Cãw…””
“”Hant¨m…””
“”AXªn^n¡pktÃ? F§sW AN¯v N]_n Han¨n^n¡pw?””
“”Mm³ Sp_¶v- S^mw fpt¯,””
I^XpNÄ F{S sbs«¶m\v Ajn]p¶Sv! bm³äohnWN¯vNqXn t^mf§Ä kNªpfmän kn^`pNÄ bnaÀ¸ns` sNmjp¸nsW hvbÀln¡pt¼mÄ AkÄ AUvepSs¸«p.
“”Wn³s_ lzmhw kÃmSm]tÃm tfmsa…fqZv– Bt]m?””
“”ftWmtK«³ b_…””
“”F´mXo? F´m b_t]t*….””
“”sly..CãfpÅSv …b_ ftWmtK«m….””
“”kn^`v bqänÂBt\mXo?””
“”Dw…ftWmtK«³ Fs´Xp¡m…?””
“”Mm³ NnX¡m fpt¯,””
“”Ip½m NnX¡m?””
“”bn¶ÃmsS…””
“”Dw…””
“”Ip½m NnX¡pkÃmsS tks_ Ft´`pw sI¿t\m?””
“”Wn¡yv A_oÃ…””
“”b_s]Xm…””
“”……””
AkapsX lzmhPSn {NfmSoSfm]n D]˦p.
kn^`n³s_ Smakpw fp_pNn]p]À¶p.
“”Mm³ bnXn¡ym fpt¯…””
At¸mÄ Ak³s_ hz^w AkÄ tN«p.
“”F´m HmÀ¡t\…?””
“”Wn³s_]m fpjp¯ hmVW§Ä…””
“”A{S fpjps¸m¶p½nÃ…””
“”AsS´m fpt¯…””
“”ASv …ASv ftWmtK«³ sSm«m`tà fpjp¡q? F{S Wmam]o¶m knIm^w? H^p H¶^s¡mÃw NjnªntÃ…bns¶§sW fpjp¡pw?””
“”Fs¶ HmÀ¯v sWW¡v bnXn¨qsX?””
“”tbm..fWntK«m..ftWmtK«Wv H¶pw A_oÃ. shm´w bnXn¨ms`m¶pw fpjp¡nÃ,””
“”Hmtim? F¶m Bs^s¡mt*`pw bnXn¸n¡v,””
“”¨n…F´m b_sª? Aʯv!””
“”iii…””
A]mapsX NphrSn¨n^n AkÄ tN«p.
“”F³s_ tfm³ b_ªtbms` AXp¯ Bjv¨ H¶n§p k¶m fSn. Wn¡v tks_ Bt^w tk* tNt«m,””
A¸ hf]t¯¡v AkÄ A]mapsX hz^w tN«nÃ.
“”ftWmtK«m…””
AkÄ knan¨p.
“”tfmaq,””
“”F´m fn*msS?””
“”tfmaq ASv …””
A]mapsX hz^w fm_n]Sv AkÄ tN«p.
AlzSn]psX fWÊn AhzØS D^p*pNqXn.
F´v N¼nNp«³.sWäv