അടിമയുടെ ഉടമ 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶pw bp_¯p k¶p.

N^]n Wn¶ sS¶Â ASv N*p bÃkns] D_s¡ knan¨p tImUn¨p.

“”””F´m..? F´v bän..? WnW¡v tkUW]mt\m..? Ft´`pw Npj¸w Dt*Â b_]q Mm³ AÑsW knan¡mw…”

bÃkn ssN D]À¯n koln b_ªp.

“”””H¶pfnÃ… Ak³ NÃv AW¡p¶Sm\v, sI_n] tkUW A{St] DÅq…””

bns¶ AkÄ fpOw N^]n Wn¡p¶ htimU^ns]]pw Nq«pNm^nt]]pw Nm\n¡msS Sn^n¨p. Nm^\w At¸mta¡pw tSksâ fpOw AkapsX SpXNÄ¡nX]n F¯n]n^p¶p. Ak³ bmâohnWp bp_¯p NqsX AkapsX bqÀfpO¯p SnNª Nmfmtklt¯msX Ipwdn¨p. bÃkn]psX bq_nWpÅn tSWp_k sbm«n H`n¨p.

tSk³ ^*p ssN sNm*pw bÃkn]psX I´n]n AfÀ¯n bnXn¨p, AkapsX bqÀ Aksâ km]nt`¡v k`n¨Xp¸n¨p. bmâohnsâ t`hnWXn]n`qsX Ak³ Wmkp NqÀ¸n¨p AkapsX bqÀ¨m`n W¡n. bÃkn hpO¯nsâ lo¡m^§Ä bÃp NXn¨p AfÀ¯n, B skůn Wn¶v bpaªp.

tSk³ Ssâ irU]w I¦n³ Nq«n Wn¶pw bp_¯p k^pw F¶ tSm¶`p*mNp¶ ks^ AkapsX Nm`nWnX]n Wn¶pw S`s]Xp¯nÃ. C¯k\ AkWp l^n¡pw lzmhw fp«n, Ak³ Aksa kn«N¶p. bns¶ skůnWv tfs` k¶p lzmhw FXp¯p NnS¨p. bmSn fp_nª hpO¯n `]n¨p Wn¶ bÃkn AksW tWm¡n]tS CÃ.

C¯k\ lzmhw FXp¯ tlgw tSk³ tWs^ AkapsX Nm`nWnX]nt`¡p Ss¶ tW^n«v S` sNm*v sI¶p. bns¶ ^*p ssN]pw sNm*v AkapsX A^t] Ipän, bq_nsW sbmSnªp NnX¶n^p¶ bmâohv Smtj¡v k`n¨p Smjv¯n. AkapsX Nm`pNan sS§p N]ä¡m^psX Sa¸v tbms` B Caw bn¦v sgZv–Zn Ip^p*p NnX¶p.

fp³bnt`¡v W¶m]n D´n H^p k^ tbms` Nm\p¶ bqÀ SX¯n H^Âbw tbm`pw t^mfw CÃ. tSk³ H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX NÃnWnX]n tbmNmSn^p¶ Nm A¸w sbm¡n ANän. ftä ssN Wo«n AkapsX bqÀ CSapNÄ Iq*p kn^`pw SÅ kn^`pw tIÀ¯v sfsà ANän. ASnWnX]n Wn¶pw sI_n] b]_pf\n tbms` ewPn]pÅ sI_n] hpµ^n N´p bp_¯p ImXn.

bÃkn]psX tUiw kn_¡p¶Sp tbms` tSkWv tSm¶n. AkapsX H^p Nm Aksâ tSman AfÀ¶p, AkapsX bq_nsâ km]v– Aksâ Ip*nWp tWs^ AV^ IpwdW¯nWm]n Ft¶m\w AXp¯v k¶p. tSk³ km sbman¨p Ip*n Ipwdn¡p¶Sv tbms` B bqÀ CSapNan Ip*p tIÀ¯v Wp\ªp.

bÃkn¡v Ssâ hpO¯nsâ dmiyfm] A`NÄ SXªp Wn^v¯mWv NjnªnÃ, AkÄ UoÀQfm]n fp^*p sNm*v A_n]msS skůn ssN FXp¯Xn¨p.

l^n¡pw bÃkn B{Pin¨Sv tSksâ S` bnXn¨p Nm`nWnX]nt`¡p N¼nNp«³.sWäv