അടിമയുടെ ഉടമ 9

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnXn¨p N^]nt`¡v N]_n. skůn WWª AkapsX ssWän tUi¯p H«n¸nXn¨p. ]mfnWn]psX fmUN l^o^w ASnsâ fpjp¸pNÄ W¶m]n FXp¯p Nm«n. AkapsX l^o^¯nt`¡v Sp_n¨p tWm¡n Wn¶ Spgm^]psX N®pNan Ahq] Wn_ªp.

{dm DÅn`ps*¦n`pw ASnsâ sNmap¯pNÄ Ajnªp fp`NÄ {dm]psX skan]n Bs\¶v NqXn N*t¸mÄ, Spgm^¡p hwl]w fm_n D_¸m]n tSkWpw Bân]pw S½n fp«³ Nan]m]n^p¶p F¶v. Ssâ Nů^w Spgm^¡v fWÊn`m]n F¶_n]msS ]mfnWn Xk FXp¯p S` tSmÀ¯n.

H^p dWn]³ t¢m¯nsâ bmâpw, A]ª H^p XogÀ«pw B]n^p¶p sS¶`nsâ tkgw. skůn fp§n NnX¶ bXkpNÄ C_§n] AkÄ bpj]psX S«nt`¡v Nm`psk¡p¶SnWp fp³bv H¶v l¦n¨p Wn¶p, bns¶ tSksW tWm¡n knan¨p b_ªp.

“”””tSkm tWm¡nt¡m\w… M§Ä¡v Wo´Â A_n]nà tNt«m…”

tSk³ Aksa tWm¡n Sm³ CknsX]p*v, tWm¡nt¡mamw F¶ AÀ°¯n ssN D]À¯n koln S`]m«n. sS¶Â bpj]nt`¡n_§n, AkÄ¡p A^s]m¸w fm{Stf AknsX skÅfp*m]n^p¶pÅq. Sm³ Ft´m k`n] H^p ko^NrSyw sI]vSp F¶ emk¯n AkÄ AknsX Wn¶v N^]n Wn¡p¶ bÃkns]]pw Spgm^t]]pw tWm¡n.

bÃkn Nm`n Wn¶pw sI^p¸v Ajn¨p fmäp¶SnWnX]n Spgm^s] tWm¡n tImUn¨p.

“”””FXo Wo]pw C_§pt¶m..? WÃ ^hfm]n^n¡pw…””

“”MmWnà sbt® Wo]n_§nt¡m… FWn¡v CWn {ZÊv Hs¡ fm_m³ tkt_]nÃtÃm..?”

Spgm^ b_ªSv tN«v fäm^pw tNÄ¡msS lÐw Smjv¯n bÃkn b_ªp.

“”””Wn³s_ Cu BW fp`]pw I´n]pw HSp¡m³ DÅ k`p¸w Fsâ s{ZÊnWnÃ. AÃm^pt¶Â, Mm³ FtâSp S^mfm]n^p¶p. F¶m Wo N^¡n^p¶p Nm\p… Mm³ C_§s«.”

bÃkn C«n^p¶ bmkmX]psX I^Xv H¶v NqXn Ajn¨p fp_p¡n sN«n bXkpNÄ C_§n. AkÄ fp«p ks^ C_¡fpÅ H^p bmkmX]pw XogÀ«pw B]n^p¶p tkgw. kmN-vhv sI]vSp t^mf§Ä Naª AkapsX fnWphfpÅ skap¯ Nm`pNans` hzÀ® bmUh^§Ä skůnWXn]n hzÀ® fÕy§sa tbms` Sna§n.

bntÅs^ Xk CknsX sk¨n«p*v Mm³ Cu WWª Sp\n]pw C«p Wn¶v bWnbnXn¸n¡p¶nÃ. Wn§apw AVnN tW^w skůn NnX¡* sb«¶v tN_n tbm^v tNt«m. tfmsa Spgms^, Wo tk\w HmÀ½n¸n¡m³…

Spgm^t]mXm]n bntÅ^psX Nm^yw b_tªÂ¸n¨p ]mfnWn ko«nt`¡p WX¶p. Np*n¡nX]nt`¡p N]_n C^n¡p¶ WWª ssWän]pfm]n ]mfnWn WX¶N`p¶ tWm¡n Wn¶ Spgm^ fWÊn b_ªp. “”””l^n]m Wà £o\w Nm\pw AVnNw Wn¡mSn^n¡p¶Sm N¼nNp«³.sWäv