നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 2

N¼nNp«³.sWäv F³s_ Np® k`nªv fp_pNn fp^*v NqXpsbm«n¨p bp_¯pImXm³ H^p§n]n^n¡p¶ knk^w… “”ChsdÃ]v¡v kngffmt]m Mm³ A§sW…A§sW ..tWm¡n]SnÂ?”” ko*pw AkapsX fp`Nans`¡v tWm¡n A]mÄ tImUn¨p. A]mÄ AkapsX fp`Nant`¡pw N®pNant`¡pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡ns¡m*v tImUn¨p. bns¶ AkÄ Nm¬sN A]mÄ A^s¡«n koÀ¯p Wn_ª fpj]n bnXn¨fÀ¯n. “”kngfw CÃ, hmÀ,”” AkÄ SpXNÄ tIÀ¯v sM^n¨psNm*p b_ªp. “”hmÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n]Sv H«pw Up^ptVlt¯msX]à F¶v- FWn¡_n]mw,”” A]mÄ bp©n^n¨p. “”Wfp¡nãfnÃm¯kÀ tWm¡pt¼mÄ sSmXpt¼mÄ Hs¡]m\v Wfp¡v {blvWw. hÀ bs£ A§sW AÃtÃm. {blhvSWm] Fjp¯pNm^³. Mm³ Bs\¦n F´m b_]pN…B^mVW fq¯ H^p km]W¡m^n]pw…”” AkÄ bp©n^nt]msX b_ªp. “”CãfnÃm¯ tWm«w. sSmXÂ. bnXn¡Â CsSms¡ Db{Ukw Ss¶]m\v hmÀ,”” AkÄ SpXÀ¶p. “”Db{Ukw…H¯n^n dhv ]m{S sI¿p¶]msa¶ Wn`¡v B Db{Ukw FWn¡v bpSpf]Ã.”” AkapsX fpO¯v H^p kngmU¨m] Wn_ªp. “”tWm¡q, hmÀ, Sm¦Ä Fjp¯pNm^³ B\v. hmVm^\ fWpgy³ AÃ. hmVm^\ fWpgyÀ¡p*mkp¶ M^¼v t^mP§sam¶pw Fjp¯pNmÀ¡v, {btSyNn¨v hm_nsWt¸ms` fimWm] H^p Fjp¯pNm^Wv D*mknà F¶v- D_¨v knlzÊn¡p¶kam\v Mm³. ASpsNm*v FWn¡v F³s_ sb\vhpir¯ntWmXv b_]p¶ `mQkt¯msX FWns¡´pw b_]mw. ASm\v– Mm³ C§s]ms¡ b_]p¶Sv.”” A]mÄ In^n¨p. “”Db{Ukw F¶v sk¨m sSmX`pw bnXn¡`pw Hs¡ ..”” A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”AsS hmÀ, In`t¸mÄ Wn¶v- ]m{S sIt¿*n k^m_p*v. At¸mÄ B\v M§Ä l^n¡pw Nq«fm] B{Nf\¯nWv kntV]^mkp¶Sv,”” “”B{Nf\w F¶v- b_]mtfm? bp^pghvbÀlw h½Sn¡p¶ Cãs¸Xp¶kÀ D*v,”” A]mÄ In^n¨p. “”B]n^n¡mw. FWn¡v In`t¸mÄ Cãfm]n^n¡mw. F³s_ hpir¯nWv Cãfm]n^n¡mw. F¶v- sk¨p Db{Uktf¡p¶ FÃm sb¬Np«nNapw CãvXs¸Xp¶p F¶v- hmÀ N^pSp¶pt*m? b`À¡pw H¶mßiSy sI¿m³ Njnsª¦n F¶ In´]m]n^n¡pw hÀ. CãfnÃm¯kÀ, CãfnÃm¯ hf]¯v, CãfnÃm¯ emP¯v sSmXp¶Sv Cãs¸Xp¶ H^p hv{So]pw F³s_ A_nkn CÃ,”” dmk³ HmÀ¯p: Ss¶ AtWzgn¨p k¶ H^p NT]m\v CkÄ F¶m\v BUyw N^pSn]Sv. bs£ Ss¶ cnt`mhcn bYn¸n¡m³ N¨sN«n]n_§n]n^n¡]mt\m fªn³s_ hvbÀlfpÅ Cu hpµ^n? “”hmÀ FknsX C_§p¶p?”” “”Cu dhv N®q^v ks^]tÃ? bns¶ B`pk]v¡v tbmN\w. s{X]nWnÂ. bns¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv