നിലാവിലേക്കിറങ്ങിപ്പോയ ഇസബെല്ല 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv C^n¡mw.”
hqh³ NpXp¨p Nm`n]m¡n] ¥mÊn _n] ko*pw ko*pw knhv¡n bNÀ¶p.
sFhv NyqdpNan«p. thmZs]mjn¨p.
“”””f½osX N¸mhnän F{S]m?”
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”””Wm`v sbs¤ms¡]Xn¨m`pw Wm¡p Npj]nÃ. Wm`n NqXpS tk*. W¶m]n«v bqhm]m fSn. hq¸_m]n«v kÀ¯mWw b_]mw,”
H^n_¡v NpXn¨psNm*v AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””f½o bqän Wn_s] Np®¸m`m\tÃm,”
Ak³ AkapsX bq_nt`¡v tWm¡n¸_ªp.
“”””AsS,”
AkÄ In^n¨p.
“”B lp¸m*n Ft´s^ tW^km bqän Np® skt¨m*v C^pt¶¶_n]mtkm…! Hmt^m Wnfngw Njn]pt´m_pw N«n NqXn¡qXn k^pkm^p¶p…””
B`ohn³s_ bq_n Wn¶v- D\§m¯ lp¢w At¸mjpw HjpNp¶p*m]n^p¶p.
“”””W½Ä shN-vhpw N¼n]pw Hs¡]m]n^n¡ntà b_]m³ tbmNps¶? ASnWp tk*n]m MmWn§p kt¶. At¸mÄ f½osX bqän Aksâ Np®¸m`v C§sW Sn§n]n^n¡p¶Sv Nm\pt¼m tfmÄ¡v Wà {SnÃm]n^n¡q¶v- f½n N^pSn. ASm bqäo¶v- NjpNn¡a]msS skt¨m*n^n¡ps¶.”
H^n_¡v NqXn NpXn¨tlgw B`ohv t]mWn¸naÀ¸n Wn¶v- D§§n¸nXn¨ lp¢w kn^ sNm*v tSm*ns]Xp¯v _n]s] Nm\n¨p.
F¶n«v t]mWn¸naÀ¸v A¸w NqXn knXÀ¯n kn^`n«v sNmjp¯p_ª lp¢w tSm*ns]Xp¯v f\¯ptWm¡n.
“”””§vim…””
AkÄ fq¡v knXÀ¯n lzhn¨p.
“”””Rvimkq…Fs´m^p f\w. tfmÄ¡v f\¡t\m?”
“”””bns¶ tkt*..Wà tImUyw tks_ ktÃm³s_ Np®¸m`mt\`pw ASn§sW bpa¨p NnX¡ps¶ F³s_ f½osX bqän`tÃ?”
AkÄ kn^¯p¼v Ak³s_ fq¡nWv tWs^ bnXn¨p.
_n] Bªp f\¯p.
“”””F§Wp*v?”
knhv¡n ¥mhv _n]¡v ssNfm_n B`ohv tImUn¨p.
“”””WÃ hpPÔw. §vim… Bim..tim”
_n] Ahiyfm] hpOt¯msX ko*pw S^n¡m³ SpX§n] N´n kn^`pNafÀ¯n tkP¯n M^Xn.
“”””tkt\Â l^n¡v H¶v NqXn tWm¡nt¡m,”
bq_p b^fmkVn knXÀ¯ns¡m*v B`ohv b_ªp.
_n] At§m«pSs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””FWn¡v fpÅm³ fp«p¶p. At¶^w F´m]m`pw NjpNn¡atª bäq.”
_n] AkapsX bq_nt`¡v, ASn N«bnXn¨p NnX¶n^p¶ Np®¸m`nt`¡v N®pb_n¡msS tWm¡n.
At¸msjms¡ AkapsX ssN A^]nÂ, N´n`pw WWªv Npjª t]mWn¸naÀ¸n`pw tkP¯n I`n¨psNm*n^p¶p. AfÀ¶n^p¶p.
“”””fSnt]m tfmta? l^n¡v tWm¡nt]m?”
AkÄ tImUn¨p.
“”””fSn]m]nÃ,”
_n] In^n¨psNm*v b_ªp.
“”””Ft¸msj¦n`pw fSn]mkp¶ NmjvI]mt\m f½o CSv. bs£ Cs¸m fSn. N¼nNp«³.sWäv