അടിമയുടെ ഉടമ 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv AfÀ¯mWm]n^p¶p. F¶m ssN sI¶v skůn k`n] lЯn ko\Sv N*p N^¡v– Wn¶ sS¶`pw, skůnWXn]n Wn¶ tSkWpw H^p tbms` sM«n.

bÃkn F§mWpw fpNan diaw D*m¡pN]mt\m FWv e]¶v tbm] tSk³, AkapsX bmâohv tbm`pw Sn^n¨p N]än]nXm³ f_¶p skůnWXn]nt`¡p Sm\p. AkapsX Nm Np^p§n NnX¶ NÃv bnXn¨p k`n¨p. A¸m¸fm]n ASv AW§n SpX§n, AkhmWw tSksâ kWyfm] N^p¯n B NÃnaNn fm_n. bÃkn]psX Nm hzS{´fm]n..!

CWns]´mNpw Ssâ AkØ F¶_n]msS tSk³ skůnWv fpNan sbm§n k¶p. H^p sbm«ns¯_n]pw Io¯knan]pw {bSo£n¨m\v Ak³ bÃkn]psX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n]Sv, F¶m AkapsX fpOw kÃmsS SpXp¯n^p¶p F¶ÃmsS tks_ emkfmäw H¶pw N*nÃ.

tSk³ Aksa tWm¡n, Nm NÃnWnX]n Wn¶pw Du^n fmän F¶v S` Np`p¡n A_n]n¨p. bs£ AkÄ AksW N®v sNm*v ko*pw Smtj¡v tbmNmWm]n hwÚ Nm«n. At¸mta¡pw N^¡v– Wn¶pw sS¶`nsâ tImUyw k¶p.

“”””F´m]n NÃv fm_nt]m..?”

tSk³ D¯^w b_]p¶SnWv fp³bv Ss¶ bÃkn knan¨p b_ªp.

“”””f®v fmän So^m_m]n F¶v tSm¶p¶p… CWo Np_¨p NqXnt] DÅq.”

tSksâ fWÊn ht´mg¯nsâ bq¯n^n N¯n. Ak³ BUyfm]n bÃkns] tWm¡n In^n¨p. AkapsX fpO¯v Wm\w kn^nªp Wn¶n^p¶p, AkÄ AksW tWm¡mWmNmsS fpOw Sn^n¨p. tim..! ]mfnWn S¼p^m«n b_ªSv F{S hSyw..? Asæn Ns®Xp¯m Nm\m³ bmXnÃm¯ bÃkn¡v CSv tbms` fm_m³ Njn]ptfm..?

F´m]m`pw SÅ]psX tfmÄ Ss¶, tSk³ fWÊn HmÀ¯p sNm*v lzmhw FXp¯p bÃkn]psX Nm`nWnX]nt`¡p S` Smjv¯n. C¯k\ AkWp tbXn]nÃm]n^p¶Sv sNm*v Ak³ knlUfm]n AkapsX bqÀ Im Smsj Wn¶pw fpNant`m«p N´p tIÀ¯v W¶m]n W¡n. ^*p Nm`pw hzS{´fm] bÃkn H^p Nm Np¯n Wn¶v bqÀ Aksâ fpOt¯¡v AfÀ¯n.

tSk³ AkapsX I´n tPma§Ä bnXn¨N¯n AkntX¡p tWm¡n. sI_n] {du¬ Wn_¯n f`Uzm^w Aksâ fp¶n sI_pSm]n Sp_¶Xªp. Ak³ Wmkp NqÀ¸n¨p AkapsX f`Uzm^¯n Np¯n]n_¡n, ASntWmsXm¸w Ss¶ SÅ kn^`pw Iq*p kn^`pw sNm*v N´p bnXn¨p sfsà M^Xn.

bÃkn]psX FÃm bnXn]pw kn«p, AkÄ¡p KoknS¯n BUyfm]m\v C¯^sfm^p ^SnfqÀÑ hwekn¡p¶Sv. HjpNp¶ bpj]n AkÄ Aksa Ss¶ f_¶p. AkÄ Nmf^hw ASnsâ FÃm So{kS]n`pw AWpekn¨p. AkapsX km]n Wn¶pw BUyfmUyw Ahvbãfm]n. bns¶ bns¶ hvbãfm]n lÐw skan]nt`¡p k¶p…

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