<div style="letter-spacing:0pt;">- 지난 이야기-</div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;">그녀는 시체입니다 1</div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.todayhumor.co.kr/board/view.php?table=readers&no=23001&s_no=11342061&kind=member&page=1&member_kind=total&mn=433749" target="_blank">http://www.todayhumor.co.kr/board/view.php?table=readers&no=23001&s_no=11342061&kind=member&page=1&member_kind=total&mn=433749</a></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;">그녀는 시체입니다 2</div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.todayhumor.co.kr/board/view.php?table=readers&no=23101&s_no=11381904&kind=member&page=1&member_kind=total&mn=433749" target="_blank">http://www.todayhumor.co.kr/board/view.php?table=readers&no=23101&s_no=11381904&kind=member&page=1&member_kind=total&mn=433749</a></div><span style="font-family:'굴림';"> </span><div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><u>                                                                                                                                                                                                         </u></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;">주 씨는 알면 알수록 신비로운 인물이었다</div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">뭔가 초월했다기보다는 달관한 것 같은 분위기를 풍기는 그는 단 한 번도 지율과 대화하면서 자신의 이야기를 꺼낸 적이 없었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">말씨에서 유추해서 경상도 출신이라는 것과 딸이 하나 있었다는 것이 지율이 알고 있는 전부였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이 딸이 있었다는 것도 주 씨가 유독 취했던 날</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">주 씨가 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">우리 딸내미가 오징어 구운 걸 참 좋아했었는데</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">...’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">라고 혼자 중얼거리는 걸 우연히 듣고 알게 된 사실이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">주 씨에 대해서 가장 수수께끼 같은 부분은 그가 하는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">일</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율이 보기에는 주 씨는 늘 등나무 정자에서 빈둥빈둥 신선놀음을 하고 있는데도 월급날만 되면 이상하게도 지율의 몇 배에 달하는 돈을 받기 때문이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이에 대해 지율이 몇 번이나 물어봤지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그 때마다 주 씨의 대답은 늘 똑같았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그거 알아서 뭐할라고</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">어느날 저녁</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그러니까 더 정확히 말해서 지율과 주 씨의 월급날</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그들은 언제나처럼 병원 뒷산에 올라 서로에게 술잔을 기울이고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">가을이 시작되기는 하였지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">여전히 무더운 밤이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그날따라 주 씨가 술잔을 비우는 속도가 다른 날과 달리 빨랐다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">영감님 그러다 훅 가요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">천천히 좀 마셔요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">천천히</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">시끄럽다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이놈아</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">오늘은 기분도 삼삼하니 실컷 마셔야것다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">얼마나 시간이 흘렀을까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 자신의 얼굴이 붉게 달아오르는 것을 느꼈다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">맞은편을 보니 주 씨는 뭐가 그리 좋은지 혼자서 노래를 흥얼거리고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">영감님</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">뭐가 좋다고 그렇게 노래까지 흥얼거립니까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">몰라</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그냥 흥이 나네</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">... </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">흥이 나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">...”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">술잔을 들고 멍하니 하늘을 바라보던 주 씨는 사뭇 진지한 표정으로 지율을 바라보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">달빛 때문인지 평소와는 다른 분위기였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이보게</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">왜요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">영감님</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 눈을 게슴츠레하게 뜨고 주 씨를 보았다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지난번에 나한테 병원에서 뭔 일하는 지 물어봤었지</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">예</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">... </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그랬었죠</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">근데 갑자기 왜요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">아직도 궁금한가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 말없이 고개를 끄덕였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">솔직히 말입니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">영감님</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">까놓고 말해서 영감님이 하는 일이라고는 만날 그 등나무 아래에서 낮잠을 자는 거 외에는 없잖습니까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">제가 보기에는 제가 일을 더 많이 하는 것 같은데</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">대체 무슨 일을 하길래 영감님이 저보다 돈을 더 많이 받는 겁니까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그게 궁금한 건가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“...</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">예</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">주 씨는 또다시 말없이 한참을 있더니 술잔을 비우고 말하였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">니 담 크나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">담이요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그래</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">시체만지고 막</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">... </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그럴수 있나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 주 씨가 장난을 치는 줄 알고 그의 얼굴을 쳐다봤다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">하지만 주 씨는 그 어느때보다 진지하였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">군에서 몇 번 만져봤습니다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그래</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그럼 니</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">... </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">일하나 배워볼래</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">일이요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">뭔 일이요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지금 내 하는 일</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">어떤 일인데요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">?”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span style="font-family:'굴림';">주 씨는 한참을 뜸을 들이더니 이내 입을 열었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">“</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">내 염쟁이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.”</span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><u>                                                                                                                                                                                                          </u></span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><u></u></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><strong>그녀는 시체입니다 </strong>세번째 입니다</span></span></span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;"></span></span></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">이제서야 본격적으로 이야기가 진행됩니다</span></span></span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;"></span></span></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">왜 제목이 이런지 아실 수 있을겁니다ㅎ</span></span></span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;"></span></span></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">읽어주셔서 감사합니다^^</span></span></span></div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;"></span></span></span> </div> <div style="letter-spacing:0pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';"><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">뭔가 한마디 남겨주셔도 감사할 듯... 합니다</span></span></span></div>