നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv bnt¼ms«Xp¯v ko*pw tImUn¨p. “”Aà NqSo¶pw b_ªp Mm³ f½osW F¶Sm Nm\n¨psNmXp¡ps¶? AWn]¯ns] Nm\n¨v tI¨osW sN«n¡p¶Sv tbms` Np*n Nm\n¨n«v Mm³ NqSosX Nm^yw b_]pkmt\m?”” AkÄ ssNNÄ ^*pw bn¼nt`s¡Xp¯v I´nknXkpNÄ bnXn¨N¯n. “”CWn tWm¡v f½o,”” ^*p ssNNÄ sNm*pw PpUUzm^w k`pSm¡n Nm\n¨psNm*v sZ]vhn tImUn¨p. “”b_, Dt*m F³s_ NqSo fªÄ?”” H^p IpkXp fpt¼m«v– k¶p Kho´ AkapsX I´n¡v Wà H^p bn¨v sNmXp¯p. “”h-vNÀ«v Sm¯n]nXv tfmsa. F¶m kr¯ntNXm Cu Nm\n¡pt¶?”” “”kr¯ntNtXm?”” AkÄ In^n¨psNm*v tImUn¨p. “”F¶n«v lzmhkX¡n bnXn¨m\tÃm B kr¯ntNXv f½n tWm¡n Wn¶Sv?’ Kho´]pw In^n¨p. “”ASv tfmsa…F´v ^hm^p¶p tfmÄsX Np*n Nm\m³ …AStà f½n tWm¡oSv. FWn¡v Wà Nplp¼v tSm¶ptkw sI]vSp. FWn¡v tfmÄs¡mÅ tbms` Np*n]nÃtÃmt¶mÀ¯v,”” “”SmKvfi F´nWm ImÀfnWm_ntWmXv Nplp¼v Np¯ps¶ f½n,”” fpt¼m«v– k¶v- Kho´]psX WnSwd¯n AXn¨psNm*v AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”ssUkw Ct{Sw Wà fpjp¯ Np*n S¶n«pw hz´w tfmÄsX C¯n^nt¸m¶ Np*n N*v Nplp¼v Np¯n]mÂ…f½o …C§vim, W^N¯n tbmNp¶ kÀ¯mWw H¶pw b_]msS!”” bm Sna¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ Kho´ H^p hvbqs\Xp¯v Ca¡m³ SpX§n. “”F´nWm f½o bm`nWm¯v hvbqs\Xp¯v Np¯n Fa¡ps¶?”” “”Np¯n Fa¡pskm¶pkÃ,”” AkÄ fNsa Nr{Snf tUgyt¯msX tWm¡n. “”C§sW Fa¡p¼w bm`v W¶m]n D_ªv, N«n]m]n, ^pIn]m]n k^pw,”” “”sNmt_ tW^w A§Ws¯ Wà fpjp¯ hvbq¬ sNm*v Np¯n¡p¯n Fa¡n N«n]m¡o«v tk\w Atà f½o bm`v NpXn¡m³?”” Kho´ D¯^w b_]msS fNapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n. ftWmi^fm] N®pNÄ knXÀ¯n sZ]vhn]pw A½s] CfNaW¡msS tWm¡n. Nr{Snf tUgyw {Ntf\ bp©n^n]m]n. bp©n^n bns¶ In^n]m]n. Ak^n^pk^pw D_s¡ In^n¨p. “”sNmÅpw, Wo..§vim…b_tª¡mw,”” Kho´ hvbq¬ fNapsX tWs^ Iq*n. bm`n Im]s¸mXntIÀ¯p. C©ns¸mXn Sqkn. G`¯^nNÄ H¶p^s*®sfXp¯v Im]n tIÀ¯p. fp_n]n Im]]psX hpPÔw Wn_ªp. At¸mÄ Kho´]psX tcm¬ lÐn¨p. tfltf Wn¶v- AkÄ tcms\Xp¯v hv{NoWn tWm¡n. “”RD Cfiilnj…”” sZ]vhn]psX N®pNapw At¸mtj¡pw Kho´]psX sfmssd hv{NoWns`¯n]n^p¶p. “”Fw Zn? F¶v sk¨m sfmS`man?’ Kho´ AsS F¶ AÀ°¯n S`Np`p¡n. sbs«¶v N¼nNp«³.sWäv