നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wn¶v- tcm¬ k^pw. AXp¡a]n sI¶v- Kho´t]mÀ¯p. NqXpSs`m¶pw D*m¡*. ]m{S tbmkpN]m\v. e£\w bp_¯pWn¶v- Njn¡mw. Ct¸mÄ S¡m`w Im]]nXmw. AkÄ {cnZvKv Sp_¶v- bmWnt`¡v bm Hjn¨p. Ìkv– N¯n¨p Sn^nªt¸mÄ sM«nt¸m]n. fp¼n sZ]vhn Wn¡p¶p. “”H¶v- H¨]n«n«v k^m³ bmXnÃm]n^pt¶m tfmsa? tim! Mm³ tbXn¨p tbm]n,”” AkapsX DX]mXNans`¡v Kho´]psX N®pNÄ sI¶p. C¶s`]n« fnWn h-vNÀ«pw Éokvs`hv tXm¸pw Ss¶]m\p tkgw. AkÄ Kho´s] sN«n¸nXn¨p. “”Fs¶ tbXn¡mtWm? Wà Nm^ym]n. Mm³ sk_pw bq¨¡p«n]tà At½?”” “”Dw, H^p bq¨¡p«n!”” AkapsX B`nwPW¯n³s_ hpO¯n `]n¨p Nr{Snf tUgyt¯msX Kho´ b_ªp. “”ASv b_]*. bq¨ WX¡p¶tbms`]m. Ht¨w AWt¡mw tN¸n¡msS!”” AXp¡a]psX bmUN¯n Im^n AkÄ Kho´ Im] D*m¡p¶Sv tWm¡n Wn¶p. “”C§sW Wn¶mt`m tfmsa?”” Kho´ fNtamXv tImUn¨p. “”sI¶v- Npan¨v H^p§v–. Wf¡v tbmNt*?”” “”f½ow km. Wf¡v H^pfn¨v Npan¡ms¶,”” sZ]vhn Aksa In^n¨psNm*v tWm¡n. “”sbt®, Wo Ip½m Nan b_]tÃ…Dw! F¶v- sk¨m NqSo¶v fªav fm_m¯ Npªv kmk]tÃ, Npan¸n¨v S^m³..”” sZ]vhn In^n¨p. AkapsX In^n]psX fm{´nN knhvf]¯nt`¡v N®pNÄ Imªt¸mÄ AkÄ¡v tSm¶n: Cu hpµ^n¡p«osW H¶v Npan¸n¨m F´m\v? “”F³s_ f½o,”” AkÄ In^n¡nX]n b_ªp. “”f½n b_ªSv tW^m. F³s_ NqSo¶v C¸jpw fªav fm_o«nÃ. hwl]skmt* Mm³ SoÀ¯v S^mw. C¶m, tWm¡v!”” ASv b_ªv AkÄ Sn^nªp Wn¶v h-vNÀ«v A^]v¡v fpNant`¡v sbm¡n WPvWfm] S³s_ WnSwd§Ä Nm\n¨p. BUyw lmhn¡m³ Wmkp]À¯n] Kho´ sbs«¶v- knhvf]t`m`]m]n S^n¨pWn¶p. Sp_¶ km]s] sbs«¶v- ssN]p]À¯n AkÄ f_¨p. “”it½…-“” Kho´]n Wn¶v- AUvepS¯n³s_ H^p IpXpWnlzmhw bp_s¸«p. knXÀ¶v- fpjp¯v, B WnSwdw H^p t`mNmUvepSw tbms` S³s_ fp¼nÂ. Cu tg¸v F§sW Nn«n CkÄ¡v? A¸w Ahq]t]msX Kho´t]mÀ¯p. lqt`mwNm^n]psX WnSwds¯¡p_n¨v thmaf³ D¯fPoS¯n FjpSn]Sv Kho´ sbs«t¶mÀ¯p. Cu WnSwdw N*p B\m]n¸n_¶kWv knNm^fp*mkp¶nsæn t`mNs¯ Gäkpw {bPUveWm] shNvthmaKnÌnWptbm`pw Ak³s_ AhpOw teUs¸Xp¯m³ Njn]nÃ. Wà SpXn¸v , Wà fmwhaw, Wà D^panf. Wà bSpbSp¸v F¶v- HätWm«¯n Ss¶ N*m A_n]mw. “”Dt*m f½o, fªÄ? F³s_ NqSoÂ?”” AkÄ fpOw N¼nNp«³.sWäv