അടിമയുടെ ഉടമ 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nm`¯pw S\p¯ Nmäp kolp¶ B Sp_¶ bpÂtf«ns` bm_¸p_¯p b^hvb^w Ipän bn\ªp ^*p WPvW l^o^§Ä NnX¶n^p¶p.

Ssâ Njp¯n {loi^n ImÀ¯n S¶ bp`n WO fm`]ns` bp`n WOw sNm*v {loi^n]psX t^mf§Ä Wn_ª D_¨ sW©n In{S§Ä k^]v¡p¶ tSSnt], H¶v NqsX tUit¯mXv tIÀ¯p {loi^n ssN F¯n¨p AkapsX WPvWfm] WnSwd¯n AfÀ¯n. Np\p§n In^n¨p sNm*v tSSn b_ªp…

“”C¶nWn tk*mt«m… Cs¸m Ss¶ fq¶p k«fm]n, WnW¡v CSv Ss¶t] In´]ptÅm..? kga³…””

AkapsX fpjp¯ fp`NÄ¡nX]n fpOw tIÀ¯v {loi^n Sn^n¨Xn¨p…

“”Hm H«pw kgaÃm¯ H^mÄ, F³s_ hmfmWw sNm*nWn fpÅm³ bäptfm F¶_n]nÃ… fpjpk³ bÃp sNm*v fp_nªp…””

Ak³s_ Ipän bnXn¨ ssNNÄ knXpkn¨p AkÄ F\oäp, F¶n«p BNmw£t]msX Aksâ fpOt¯¡pw bns¶ At¸mta¡pw d`w {bmbn¨p BNmlt¯¡v tWm¡n D]À¶p fpjp¯p Wn¶ Aksâ Np®]nt`¡pw tWm¡n. bns¶ AkÄ ssN Wo«n {loi^n]psX Np®]n bnXn¨p hqgvffm]n b^ntlmVn¨p.

“”””{lo CknsXs]§pw fp_nªSm]n Nm\\nÃtÃm..? FknsX]m Wo_pt¶..?”

NmXnWp WXpkn`ms\¦n`pw bN skan¨¯n bqÀ® WPvW]m]n Ssâ A^nNn C^p¶p Np®s] sSm`n¨p WngvNa¦fm]n hwhm^n¡p¶ tSSnt] tWm¡n tSk³ sbm«n¨n^n¨p. At¸mam\v {loi^n Ss¶ bän¨Sms\¶p tSSn¡p fWÊn`m]Sv.

tSSn N¿n`n^p¶ Np®]n bnXn¨p W¶ms]m¶p M^Xn AksW tkUWn¸n¨p. AkapsX Caw N¿n sM^nªf^p¶Sv Np®¡v hpOfm\v sNmXps¯¦n`pw, AkÄ ssN FXp¡mSn^n¡m³ tkUW AenW]n¨ AksW tWm¡n tSSn b_ªp.

“”””CWn Wn³s_ fpÅp¶ hmVWw km]n sk¡m³ b_ªp C§p sNm*pkm… Mm³ NXn¨p fp_n¨p Na]pw..!”

Nm Wo«n {loi^n tSSnt] k`n¨p, A{bSo£nSm]n DÅ Aksâ {bkÀ¯n]n Wn` sSän Aksâ tft`¡v ko\ tSSn]psX Ip*pNÄ {loi^n km]n`m¡n WpNÀ¶p. IpwdW¯n³s_ Sogv\S AX§n]t¸mÄ {loi^n AkapsX Ip*pNÄ hzS{´fm¡n. tSSn Ak³s_ sW©n fpOffÀ¯n Aksâ fp`¡®pNÄ km]n`m¡n Wp\ªp.

ssN ^*pw bn¶nt`¡v B¡n {loi^n AkapsX Ip*pNÄ¡v Ssâ l^o^s¯ kn«p sNmXp¯p N®X¨p AkapsX Wmkp bNÀ¶p sNmXp¡p¶ hpOw BhzUn¨p. Aksâ sW©n Wn¶pw k]_nt`¡pw, bns¶ Aksâ SpX]nXp¡nt`¡pw AkapsX hpµ^ fpOw Ipwdn¨p Ipwdn¨p NX¶p sI¶p.

BNmlt¯¡v tWm¡n Wn¶v N®os^m`n¸n¨p Wn¶v kn_¡p¶ {loi^n]psX Np®]n bnXp¯fn«p tSSn ASnsâ tS³ Cäp N¼nNp«³.sWäv