നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv B\v Wo? dmw¥qÀ? sNm¨n? AtSm W½psX fq¶m_nt`s]m? GSv Imbvä_n B\v Wn³s_ sf¼Àgn¸v?””
H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS Wn¶ _n] fp_n]nt`¡v k^p¶ BapNsa N*v– khv{S§Ä SnXp¡¯n V^n¨p.
“”b^fNm^p\ykmWm] hm¯mWv CãfpÅ Nm^y§Ä A_]v¡msS, fXn¡msS sI¿\w…CStà Wo D^pkn« B `män³ f{´¯n³s_ AÀTw?””
dmk³ B`ohntWmXv– ko*pw tImUn¨p.
AUvepSw Wn` WnÀ¯n B`ohv S` Np`p¡n.
“”kyenIm^w fXn¡msS sI¿\w, ISn¡Â fXn¡msS sI¿\w, tfmg\w fXn¡msS sI¿\w….””
dmk³ AkapsX tWs^ AXp¯p.
“”….sNm`bmSNkpw fXn¡msS sI¿\w…AtÃ?””
B`ohn³s_ fpOs¯ In^n fmªp.
AkÄ sbs«¶v Smsj¡nX¶ sPu¬ FXp¯\nªp.
“”bs£ hm¯m³ B^mVNÀ sNm`bmSNw sI]v–Sm H^p Npj¸fp*v B`oth…””
dmk³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”ssUkw Aks^ ko*pw D]À¸n¡pw….DUmi^\¯nWv….””
dmk³ bn¼nt`¡v tWm¡n.
tKm At§m«pk^p¶Sv AkÀ N*p.
sbs«¶v Ak³s_ bn¼n Wn¡p¶ H^p sb¬Np«ns] N*v– B`ohv bN¨v tWm¡n.
“”ChsdÃ…-“”
Akan Wn¶v- kn_]mÀ¶ km¡pNÄ bp_¯v k¶p.
“”ChsdÃt]m?””
C¯k\ CXnfpj¡¯n³s_ lЯn tImUn¨Sv tKm B]n^p¶p.
“”CkÄ F§sW ChsdÃ]mNpw? Aksa…. Nq¯n¨o tfmsa Wo Hs¡¡qXn sNm¶pNaªntÃ? bns¶ F§sW CkÄ ChsdÃ]mNpw?””
_n] e]s¸«v B`ohnsW tWm¡n.
“”ASv dmk¨m…Wo ..Wn³s_ hz^w F´m fm_nt]?””
“”A½¨o,””
knÃyw Zn{Nqhv fpt¼m«v– k¶p.
“”sb^p¼mkqÀ sk¨v tfmWn¨sW C¶s` tbm`ohv A_Ìv sI]vSp…tfmWn¨³ Wn§sX fq¶mÀ Imbvä_nt` bpt^minS³ ….A]mav FÃmw h½Sn¨n«p*v….AkWtà Wm`v Unkh§Ä¡v fp¼v Cu W£{S¯n³s_ Nosj Wn¶v- ChsdÃs] hm¯mWv d`nsNmXp¯Sv?””
“”tfmWn¨³?””
_n] e]s¸«p tImUn¨p.
“”AsS tfmsa tfmWn¨³,””
dmk³ SpXÀ¶p.
“”Wn³s_ f½osX Dä hpir¯v Kho´m½ tKm`n sI¿p¶ ssiävhn³s_ Fw Zn tSmfhv– fmÀ«n³…tfmWn¨³…bs£ Kho´m½ bmkw Cu knk^w H¶pw A_nªn«nÃ…””
Kho´]pw dmksW knhvf]t¯msX tWm¡n.
“”F¶Sm Ìoc³ hmt_?””
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”knÃyw Ft¶mXv fp_o sk¨v tfmWn¨sW¸än, M§sX Fw Zn hm_nsW¸än NnÅn¡nÅn Hmt^m¶v- tImUn¨p. C¸w CSm Ìoc³ hm_pw GSms*ms¡ b_]p¶p. ChsdÃmsW CknsX sk¨v sNm¶p F¶pw b_]p¶p. Chsdà CSm W½psX fp¼n Wn¡p¶p. F¶Sm? F¶Sm¶v H¶v- kyàmkm]n¸_]mtkm?””
“”Mmw N¼nNp«³.sWäv