നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Np¯m³ tbm`pw CXw dm¡n]nÃ…””
AkÄ Sn^nªpWn¶psNm*v fp`NÄ Nm\n¨v sNmXp¯p.
“”Mm³ Du^n¯^mw…F¶n«v l^n¡v Bkly¯nWv sM¡n hpOnt¨m….AtÃÂ Bkly¯nWv FWn¡v sfm` Nl¡n hpOn¸n¨v Sm…””
AkÄ sNmap¯pNÄ Hmt^m¶m]n Du^n.
{dm CXm¯Sv sNm*v fp`NÄ ^*pw bp_t¯¡v NpSn¨pImXn. B Wnfngw Ss¶ knÃyw Zn{Nqhv Aks] ^*pssNsNm*pw sbm¡n]p]À¯n.
“”Cu ^*v sfmt`w C§sW b¯v fnWnäv Mm³ D]À¯n¸nXnt¨m*v C^p¶m, FWn¡v Hmt^m HmÀt¯m boZn]m{XogysW Nmt\*n k^pw,””
A]mÄ In^n¨p.
“”In^n¡*,””
A]mapsX fp`bnXp¯¯n hpOn¨n^p¶psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”F³s_ sfm` ^*pw e]¦^ sikn]m¶v FWn¡_n]mw,””
“”CSv ^*pw C§sW sN«nIpft¶mXv WX¶n«v £o\w tSm¶p¶ntÃ? fXp¸v tSm¶p¶ntÃ?””
H^p ssN sNm*v AkapsX hm^n¡p¯v Ajn¨psNm*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p.
“”CX]v¡v Hs¡ b`^pw ssN¯m§v– S¶v- him]n¡p¶p*tÃm AtÃ? At¶^w fXp¡¯nÃ…””
Kho´]psX hm^n Wn`t¯¡v ko\p.
fp«¸sf¯p¶ AXn¸mkmX]psX I^Xn A]mÄ ssN sk¨p.
AXp¯ Wnfngw ASpw Wn`t¯¡v ko\p.
“”F´v FN-vhvtbÀ«v B\v!””
Kho´ AUvepSt¯msX b_ªp.
“”C{S hvboZn F³s_ AXn¸mkmX B^pw Ajn¨n«nÃ. h½Sn¨p S¶n^n¡p¶p!””
“”bmkmX Znssh³ sI¿mWpw S]v¡mWpw fm{Sw A_nªm tbm^m,””
AkapsX WWªv NpSnÀ¶ bmân]psX fp¼n sM¡n]fÀ¯ns¡m*v A]mÄ b_ªp.
“”ASv Ajn¡mWpw bYn¡\w!””
A]mÄ AkapsX bm³äohnWpÅn ssN NX¯n. kn^`pNÄ tkP¯n bq_n`n«p. AknsX N«nbnXn¨p NnX¶ fUWs¡mjp¸n sW¿n`qsX N¯nN]_p¶Sv tbms` A]mÄ kn^ N]än.
“”Biv iv iv …””
AkÄ Np_pNn.
fp`NÄ ^*pw fm_n fm_n NXn¨p I¸n k`n¨v, fp`N®pNÄ NXn¨o¼ns¡m*v A]mÄ AkapsX bq_n`pw N´n`pw kn^`pNÄ N]än]n_¡n.
“”gZv[n Du^s«?””
H^p ssN sNm*v bmân]psX tf bnXn¨v AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”bq_n l^n¡v sM¡mw At¶^w,””
A]mapsX f_pbXn¡v Nm¯v Wn¡msS AkÄ sbs«¶v bm³äohv k`n¨pSmjv¯n.
bns¶ AkÄ A]mapsX bm³_vhv Ajn¨p.
“”F³s_….!””
A]mapsX AXnkhv{Skpw Du^n¡jnªv fpNant`¡v Np¯nWn¶ Np® N*v– AkÄ A¼^¶p.
“”WÃ IqXv,””
ASn St`mXn¯jpNns¡m*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”Dt`Â tNäpt¶Wv fp¼v Ss¶ W¶m]n bjp¯v NÃn¨tÃm,””
“”Wns¶t¸ms` WÃ Nj¸n¸q_n C§sW fp¼n k¶v- Wn¶m F§sW]m N¼n]mNms¯?””
A£ft]msX N¼nNp«³.sWäv