വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Mm³ kÃ…. F´m]m`pw tk*o` , tbm`ohpNm^³ Bk^pSm]n^p¶p.
Mm³ AktamXv– bns¶ SÀ¡n¡pkm³ Wn¶nÃ. H¶p fm{Sw tImUn¨p, “”””tZmÎÀ b_ªsSÃmw Mm³ skÅw sSmXmsS knjp§m³ S¿mÀ. Hä]vs¡m^p sb®v H^p¯sW sNm¶p sNm*p tbm]n kjn]n Naªp Fs¶ms¡ Mm³ knlzhn¡mw. Hä tImUyw… WnWs¡knXp¶p Nn«n, Chim¡v S^Nsâ N¯n?”
In{S]n H^p b^p§Â Mm³ {bSo£n¨p F¦n`pw ASp*m]nÃ. AkÄ b_ªp. “”””Mm³ AknsX tdmZn Dtb£n¨p k^m³ tk*n fm{Sw B\v tbm]Sv. Bsamjnª Ø`w B]Sp sNm*m\v bp¯³ tNm« N`p¦nsâ AXpt¯¡v tbm]Sv. Mm³ Nm^v WnÀ¯n ]t¸mÄ Chim¡v S^N³ B t_mZn`qsX WX¶p kXp¶Sv N*p. A]mÄ fp*jn¨p sN«n]t¸mÄ A^]n Wn¶pw Smsj ko\Sm\v B N¯n. A]mÄ fUy `i^n]n B]n^p¶p F¶v tSm¶n. A]mÄ tbm]n Njnªm\v Mm³ tdmZn Dtb£n¨Sv. A]mapsX N¯n FXp¡pkm³ FWn¡v Dt±lyw D*m]n^p¶nÃ. bNv–tg ASn H^p cnwPÀ {bnâv Ds*¦n tbm`ohnsW Np_¨p Wmsas¡¦n`pw kjn Sn^n¨p knXmw F¶p Mm³ N^pSn.”
“”””C¶s` ^m{Sn F{S f\n¡m Wo frStUiw AknsX sNm*p tbm]n«Sv?”
“”””12 f\n Njnªp”
“”””sk«ns]Xp¯ fq¡pw sIknNapw?”
“”””ASp Mm³ Sn^nsN k^p¶ kjn b©kXn bm`¯nWp fpNan Wn¶v bpj]nt`s¡_nªp”
“”””sNm` sI¿m³ Dbt]mPn¨ B]pVw?”
“”””H^p N¯n B]n^p¶p. ASpw Mm³ bpj]nt`¡v Ss¶ F_nªp.”
Nn«m³ dp²nfp«m\v. bpj]n Wà Hjp¡pÅ hf]fm\v.
MmWpw ^tflWpw bp_t¯¡n_§n. ko*pw ChimNv S^Nsâ AXps¯¯n.
^tfl³ b_ªp “”””S^Nm, fWpgysW sfWs¡Xp¯n¡^pSv–. C¶s` Wo bp¯³tNm« N`p¦nsâ AXp¯v FknsXs]¦n`pw tbmt]m?”
S^N³ H¶p bSp§n… ImXn Fjpt¶äv ^tflsâ N¿n bnXn¨p… “”At¿m hmt_… tbm]n^p¶p… ^m{Sn… Mm³… hmt_ Wmän¡^pSv… Mm³ W½psX kWnSm sf¼À hpfm_m\n]psX ko«n H¶p tbm]n^p¶p”
“”””ASnWp hpf_m\n e^\ N£n sfwd_tà ? AknsX B hf]¯v C]mÄs¡´m Nm^yw?” Mm³ At§t^mXv tImUn¨p
Chim¡v Wm\t¯msX S` NpWn¨p… “” bgv–Xv! As¸m lXm¦nWv tbm]Sm\v” ^tfl³ b_ªp.

Mm³ ^tfltWmXv hpfm_m\ns] Ct§ms«m¶p knan¸n¡m³ b_ªp. sSankpw FXp¡mw…. hpf_m\n Nm\m³ Ss¶ H^p H¶^ `p¡v B\v. skXnf^p¶p tbms`m^p sFäw. N*m Ss¶ Np® sbm«n sS_n¨p tbmkpw. thmf_m\n , sNmS _m\n, tfm`_m\n, sNmS_m\n, sSmX_m\n Fs¶ms¡ b` b` tb^pNan Wm«ns` bp^pg·mÀ¡nX]n A_n]s¸Xp¶ H^p Kokn]m\v B N¼nNp«³.sWäv