അടിമയുടെ ഉടമ 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tSkm… tim… it½… Êv… im]v… imkv…”

N^¡v– Wn¶v bÃkn]psX sk{bmaw N* Spgm^]pw sS¶`pw b^hvb^w fpOt¯mXp fpOw tWm¡n. Spgm^¡p Ft´m H^p b´ntNXv tbms` tSm¶n, F¶m sS¶`nWp tSm¶n]Sv NÃv sNm*v bÃkn]psX Nm fp_n]pN]m\v F¶m\v. AkÄ knan¨p tImUn¨p.

“”””F´mXo tkUW]mt\m..? bÃkn… Ft´`pw {blvWfmt\m..? AkWp bäntÃÂ b_ Wfp¡v tks_s]s´`pw sI¿mw…””

N´n Sn^p½n hpOn¸n¨p, bqÀ Spa]n`pw NqSn Spa]n`pw fm_n fm_n Wm¡p Wo«n NqÀ¸n¨p Np¯n]n_¡n Ss¶ hpOn¸n¡p¶ tSksâ Wm¡nsâ hpO¯n fSn f_¶ bÃkn H^p ssN D]À¯n Nm«n, sM^n¨fÀ¯n] bÃpNÄ¡nX]n`qsX kn¡n kn¡n b_ªp…

“”CÃ tI¨o… Ck³ fSn, WÃSm]n sI¿p¶p*v… NÃv fm_p¶p im… it½… tim… tS..k…”

bÃkn]psX AXnk]änWpÅn A\pknhvtcmXWw WX¡pkmWpÅ B D^p*p N]äw SpX§n, hz´w Wm¡nsW]pw km]nsW]pw knlzmhw CÃmSn^p¶ bÃkn km sbm¯n bnXn¨p N®pNÄ AX¨p. tSksâ Ip*pNÄ¡nX]nt`¡p N´p SÅn bpj]n`qsX HjpNp¶Sv skÅfà SobnXn¨ `mk]ms\¶ fmSn^n bpaªp.

tSk³ lzmhw fp«n SpX§ns]¦n`pw bÃkn]psX bq_nsâ hvbµ§an Wn¶pw ASn Wn¶v km]nt`¡v HjpNp¶ IqXn Wn¶pw AkÄ tStWmjp¡m³ hf]w Bs]¶p fWÊn`m¡n, bqÀSpa]n A¸msX I¸n k`n¨p. AkapsX bqÀ fpjpk³ Ak³ A£^mÀ°¯n km]n`m¡n.

AkhmWw h¶n dmVn¨Sv tbms` bÃkn tSksâ fpO¯n^p¶p kn_¨p, tSksâ km]nt`¡v IqXv tS³ Ip^¯n sNmXp¯p. tSk³ Koklzmhw tbm`pw tk* F¶v sk¨v AfrSv NpXn¡p¶Sv tbms` B Cafp_ S{¼m«n]psX Nmf^hw ^pInt]msX, BÀ¯nt]msX, sMm«n Wp\ªp, I¸n k`n¨p NpXn¨p.

bÃkn]psX l^o^w Nmf¯nsâ kn_]`pNÄ AX§n hmVm^\ Wn`]nt`¡v k¶p. AkapsX Nm`pNÄ A]ªp, tSksâ fpO¯v AfÀ¶n^p¶ bq_nsâ em^w sfsà AN¶p fm_n. tSk³ S` sbm¡n bns¶ skůnWp tft`¡v Wo´n k¶p. AktamXv tIÀ¶v Wn¶v lzmhw Bªp k`n¨p NnS¨p.

At¸mapw bmâohv Du^n fm_n SpX¡nX¡nX]n Ip^p*p NnX¡p¶, Ssâ WPv–Wfm] Np*n]psX knXkn`qsX NqSn Spa]nt`¡p Np¯n N]_p¶ tSksâ IqXpÅ Np®]n Im^n bÃkn H^p Wnfngw Wn¶p. bSns] AkÄ¡p Ø`Nm` tdmVw k¶p. AkÄ N^]nt`¡v tWm¡n AknsX sS¶`pw Spgm^]pw Aks^ BNmw£t]msX tWm¡n Wn¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p.

CWns]m^`vb tW^w NqXn AknsX Wn¶m tSksâ Np® Ssâ sNmSw sbman¡pw F¶v fWÊn`m¡n] bÃkn N¼nNp«³.sWäv