നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B fmwhbn*s¯ AkÄ SjpNn]pjnªp.
“”tfmÄ¡v BUyw A¦napw f½ow Nm\n¨p S^mw.{l²n¨p tWm¡n]n^n¡\w tNt«m,””
A]mÄ _n]t]mXv– b_ªp. AkÄ S`Np`p¡n.
“”B`oth,””
A]mÄ B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”km sdZv _qfnt`¡v tbmNmw,””
A]mÄ _n]s] tNm^ns]Xp¯p. B`ohv bn¶ms` sI¶p.
“”B NSNv AX¨p Np«n]nt«s^,””
sdZv _qfns`¯n _n]s] NnX¡]n f`À¯n¡nX¯ns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”CWn Wo]pw sNX¡v–,””
NSNv Npän]n«v Njnªt¸mÄ A]mÄ A`ohntWmXv b_ªp. B`ohv _n]]psX AXp¯p Ss¶ f`À¶p NnX¶p. dmk³ AkapsX NkNÄ bnXn¨N¯n sk¨p.
“”gZv[n Du^n¡aªm^pt¶m?””
WPvWfm] bq_p N*v– A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
B`ohv In^n¨psNm*v S`Np`p¡n. F¶n«v _n]s] tWm¡n.
“”B`oth tfmsa FÃmw Wfp¡n¶p bYn¸n¨psNmXp¡\w. tfmsa A½ A¦nansW sI¿p¶Sv, A¦nÄ A½s] sI¿p¶Sv tfmÄ l^n¡v tWm¡n fWÊn`m¡nt¡m\w tNt«m,””
_n] bp©n^nt]msX S` Np`p¡n.
Sp_¶p knXÀ¶ B`ohn³s_ bq_nt`¡v dmk³ fpOffÀ¯n.
“”Biv..””
hpOmhàn]n B`ohv H¶v- bnXªp.
A]mapsX Wmkp N´v fpS f`Uzm^w ks^ fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw tkP¯n`nj]m³ SpX§n. B`ohn³s_ BhànWn_ª ho¡m^w D¨¯n`m]n. ASv bns¶ hpOw fq¯ A`À¨]m]n. sS_n km¡pNam]n. ASn s^u{Ufm]n.
hpO¯n³s_ bm^fy¯n AkÄ A]msa NnX¡]nt`¡v k`n¨v f`À¯n¡nX¯n. s{Nu^yw Wn_ª fpOemkt¯msX AkÄ A]mapsX bm³_vhv Ajn¨p. Smtj¡v gZv[n]X¡w DuÀ¯n]q^n. A]mapsX `nwPw WnkÀ¶v- Wn¶v- PÀÖn¨p. fm³Np«ns] N* hnwis¯t¸ms` B`ohv Ak³s_ `nwPw km]n`m¡n. krgv\ tPma§Ä fpS Np®]psX fNpXw ks^ AkÄ SnNª b^nI] h¼¶s]t¸ms` W¡n]pjnªp. At¸mÄ A]mÄ _n]s] tWm¡n. AkÄ AUvepShvSÏ]m]n FÃmw tWm¡n]n^n¡pN]m\v. dmk³ Aksa BwPyw Nm\n¨pknan¨p. AkÄ A]mapsX A^s¡«nt`¡v k¶p.
“”B`oth, _n]¡pw sNmXp¡v Np®,””
A]mÄ b_ªp.
B`ohv ht´mgt¯msX Np® km]n Wn¶pfq^n, fNapsX tWs^ Nm\n¨p. _n] BUyw Wm\t¯msX, A¸w fXn¨v, bns¶ bs£ kas^ Cãt¯msX DfnWo^n`pw {bo N½n`pw sbmSnª Np® km]n`m¡n. B`ohv sI]vStbms` fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw Cu¼n. A¸ hf]w Cu¼n¡jnªv B`ohv tImUn¨p:
“”tfmÄ¡v Cãmt]m?””
“”H¯n^n f½n..H¯n^n ..Sm¦yq…””
AkÄ B`ohnsW sN«n¸p\À¶p. AkÄ Btklt¯msX Ip*pNÄ B`ohn³s_ Nknan tIÀ¯p. AkapsX Ip*nÂ, Ipf`n Hs¡ AkÄ sS^psSs^ D½sk¨p.
“”FWn¡_n]mt½`m N¼nNp«³.sWäv