നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv b_ªp. sbs«¶v- gmcn Aksa tWm¡n. ss{ZknwPv hoän`pÅ sI_p¸Nm^³ Aks^ ^*ptbs^]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. “”F³s_ At½-“” gmcn S`]n ssN sk¨p. “”FXo …sZ]vhn- bXt¨msW…CSv Wo]m^pt¶mXo-“” ASn^nÃm¯ AUvepSt¯msX Ak³ tImUn¨p. “”bns¶ Wo]m^m¶mXm knIm^ns¨?”” “”F³s_ Bâo..CSv fq¶m_tÃ? CknsX fUm½fms^s]ms¡ Nm\p¶Sv hmVm^\]tÃ? FXo sZ]vhn ..Mm³ hSyfm]pw N^pSns] GtSm fUm½ Kho´ BâosX NqsX Wn¡p¶Sm¶m…”” Ak³ Aks^ C^pks^]pw fm_nfm_ntWm¡n. “”Aà ..C§sW kjos`ms¡ Wn¶v- hwhm^n¨m ftSym?”” ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^p¶ sI_p¸¡m^³ b_ªp. “”Wfp¡v f\n¡q_pNÄ sNX¡pktà kÀ¯mWw b_]m³? Wn§av tN_ps¶,”” A]mÄ ko*pw b_ªp. “”ASv l^n]m\tÃm,”” gmcn]pw In^n¨psNm*p b_ªp. B³_n s{c*n C^pt¶m,”” gmcn Kho´t]mXv b_ªp. “”MmWpw sZ]vhn]pw sbm_Nn C^pt¶mamw. FWn¡o k«ptNhntWmXv sNmt_ kÀ¯mWw b_]mWp*v,”” “”k«vtNhv Wn³s_ km¸,”” sNmªWw Nm\n¨psNm*v sZ]vhn b_ªp. AkÄ AN¯p N]_m³ Nm D]À¯n]t¸mÄ h-vNÀ«v D]À¶v-, SXn¨, sNmjp¯, klyfmUNSzfpÅ SpXNÄ fpjpk³ gmcn]pw ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^p¶ sI_p¸¡m^Wpw Nm\p¶Sv Kho´ N*p. SpXNÄ fm{SfÃ, bq_nSapNsa NãvXn¨p f_]v¡p¶ AkapsX Ipk¶ bmâv_n]pw ASn³s_ kl§an bp_t¯¡v Wo*v t^mf§apsX Aä§apw AkÀ N*p F¶v- Kho´ A_nªp. ASv N*SnWp tlgw B^pw Nm\p¶nà F¶v- N^pSn ss{ZknwPv hoän`n^p¶ sI_p¸Nm^³ A^s¡«n AfÀ¯p¶Spw AkÄ N*p. “”Wos]¶Sm tfmsa Cu b_sª?”” sZ]vhn gmcn]psX AXp¯v C^p¶p Njnªv Kho´ tImUn¨p. “”Bâv_n¡v hz´w tfmsa¡p_n¨v A_n]mt½`mªn«m,”” NmÀ In^n¨psNm*p gmcn b_ªp. “”CsSm¶pkÃ…km sSm_¶m Wà AÊ sshhv tkZvhv Hs¡]m Ckav M§tamXv b_ªpsNm*n^ps¶,”” “”N\¡m]nt¸m]n,”” sZ]vhn ko*pw Ak³s_ tWs^ sNmªWwNp¯n Nm\n¨p. “”F¸jpw SÃpw AXow kj¡pw H*m¡n WX¶ Wns¶ Mm³ bns¶ Wt^{µ tfmUo¶v knan¡\m^pt¶m? Aà bns¶-“” FÃmk^pw In^n¨p. gmcn]psX ssN AkapsX sIkn]psX tWs^ Wo*p. “”f½o!”” sZ]vhn H¨]n«p. “”tUs*, Ck³ F³s_ sIkn¡v bnXn¡m³ k^pNm. f½n CksX C^pt¶m. Atà tNmt« sIÃp¼w VymWw tNÄ¡m³ FWn¡v sIkn Nm\ptN`,”” “”§vti! Wn§av sNmt«Â VymWw NqXm³ tbmNpkmt\m?”” gmcn N¼nNp«³.sWäv