Poker Game Part 2 bY Malathy David

AkW_n]mw, bm_p¡p«n AkapsX ^t*m fqt¶m fmhwfm{Sw Wo* knkmidÔ¯nWptlgw M§apsX NqsX NqXn]Sm\v. AkapsX fp_n]nÂWn¶v ^m{Sn]n b`t¸mjpw tN«n«pÅ ^SnNqKW§Ä AkapsX hz]wtemPtkaNams\¶pw Mm³ fWÊn`m¡n]n^p¶p. dmt`«WpÅ 18 kÀgkpw MmWSnsW¡p_n¨p {l²n¨nt«]nÃm]n^p¶p. dmt`«³ tbm]n Npt_¡jnªt¸mjm\v MmWktamXv Fsâ fp_n]n NnX¡msf¶v– b_]p¶Sv. Ht¶m ^t*m Unkh¯nWptlgw H^pUnkhw AkÄb_ªp, “”””MmsWm¶v dmSv_qfn tbm]nk^mw sNm¨t½. fq¶m`pUnkhfm]n H¶v kn^`n«n«v”. Mm³ h½Sn¨p. Np_¨ptW^¯nWpÅn AkapsX Wn`knan]p]À¶p, km]v sbm¯n¸nXn¨n«pw Wn`]v¡m¯Sv. A¸w Njnªp AkÄ tWmÀf`m]n Fsâ AXp¯ N«n`n k¶pNnX¶p. Mm³ tImUn¨p, “”””Wos]¶pw kn^`nXm_pt*m?”
“”””fsä´psI¿mWm\v sNm¨t½?” AkapsX f_pbXn.
“”””l^n WmsafpS Mm³ WnW¡v kn^`n«pS^mw. Ft¶mXv b_ªm fSn”. AkapsX fpO¯v AÛpS¯nsâ B]n^w Sn^nNsam¶m]n N¯n. Asæn`pw Fsâ {bkÀ¯nNÄ b`t¸mjpw AkÄ¡v DuimSoSfm]n^p¶p. bN hf]§an bm_p¡p«n tSmÀ¯psNm*p SäpXp¯p, ASnWpfpNan fÃpfp*pw »uhpfm\v V^n¡m_v. ^m{Sn NnX¡pt¼mÄ Fsâ bj] ssWän fm{Sfmkpw tkgw. bntä¶v NnX¡m_m]t¸mÄ Aksasâ fp_n]n k¶p.
“”””bq_n Fs´¦n`pw sI¿p¶SnWpfp¼v AknXw thm¸ptS]v¨p kr¯n]m¡\w, Asæn kn]À¸ntâ]pw fq{S¯ntâ]pw skX¡v f\fmkpw. Wo tbm]n NjpNn]n«pkm” Akant¸mÄ Npan¨Sms\¶v A_n]msf¦n`pw MmWktamXv b_ªp. AÂbwNjnªp dmSv_qfnÂWn¶p Sn^n¨pk¶ AkÄ, N«n`n`n^p¶ Fsâfp³bn Wn¶p.
“”””Wo]m ssWän Du^nt¡” H^n¡`pw Fsâfp³bn WPvW]m]n Wn¶n«nÃm¯ AkÄ fpOwSmjv¯n Wn¶p. MmsW\oäv AkapsX ssWän S`]n`qsX Du^ns]Xp¯p. AkapsX fp`Napw k]_pw SpX]pw bq_psfÃmw Mm³ {l²t]msX tWm¡nWn¶p. Cu {bm]¯n`pw A¸wtbm`pw DXkv S«n]n«nÃm¯ l^o^w. H^nX¯pw Bkly¯n`VnNw sNmjp¸Xnªn«nÃ. GsSm^m\pw sNmSn¡p¶ l^o^kXnkv. Mm³ N* HmcohÀ em^yfm^psX]pw kWnSm¢dv– tfVmknNaptX]pw l^o^§Ä Fs¶ fXp¸n¨n^p¶p. ASn fn¡ hv{SoNapw WnkÀ¶pWn¶m SXn¨pSmjv¶ k]_pNÄ Ak^psX bq_nsW bqÀ\fm]pw f_¨n^p¶p. Wm¸SntWmXXp¯ bm_p¡p«n]psX l^o^w C^pbSpk]ÊpÅ H^p KnwWmÌntâSptbms` Ur[fm]n^p¶p. MmWkapsX NÃn¨fp`Nan D½k¨psNm*v tImUn¨p,
“”””bm_q, Wns¶ Wnsâ eÀ¯mkv sSm«n«ntÃ?” AkapsX N®pNan WWkv.
“”””hz´w D¯^kmUn¯w Wn_tkäm³ Wm«n bpSpSm]n N¼nNp«³.sWäv