<div>- 지난 이야기 -</div> <div>[자작]그녀는 시체입니다 1 : <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> </div> <div>[자작] 그녀는 시체입니다 2 : <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> <div> </div> <div>[자작] 그녀는 시체입니다 3 : <a target="_blank" href="http://www.todayhumor.co.kr/board/view.php?table=readers&no=23200&s_no=11419067&kind=member&page=1&member_kind=total&mn=433749" 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style="font-family:'굴림';">주 씨의 말대로 그기 있는 곳은 찾기 쉬웠다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">시체안치소</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 얼음 같이 차가운 철문을 밀었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">철문 안쪽에서 어스름한 푸른 빛이 흘러나왔다</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';">왔는가</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 씨가 기다렸다는 듯이 앉아있었다</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';">결심은 섰고</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';">그려</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그래도 일단 해보고 결정혀</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이게 마음만 먹는다고 할 수 있는 일은 아니니까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">가져오란 건 다 가져왔고</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';">여기요</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 검은 봉투 안에 든 소주 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">2</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">병을 꺼내보였다</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';">그럼 들어가기 전에 일단 한 병 따고 시작하자고</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';">벌써부터요</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';">이거 처음 할 땐 맨정신으로 못해</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';">하지만</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 지율이 무슨 말을 하려는지 안다는 듯이 그의 말을 끊었다</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';">괜찮으니까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">쭈욱 들이켜</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 씨의 말이 못 미더웠지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">하는 수 없이 깡소주를 들이부었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">소주의 알싸함이 목구멍을 넘기자 이내 위가 맹렬히 타들어가는 느낌이 들었다</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';">그럼 이제 조심해서 따라 들어와</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 방 안쪽의 또다른 문을 열고 들어갔고</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 비틀거리면서 그의 뒤를 따랐다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">문 안쪽은 바깥과는 달리 밝고 환했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그래서 그런걸까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">술기운 때문일지도 모르지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 좀 전까지의 불안함은 더 이상 느껴지지 않았다</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';">생각과 달라 놀랬나</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';">뭐</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">... </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">생각보다 더 밝은데요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">할 만 하겠어요</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 지율의 말에 피식 웃으면서 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';">그것도 지금뿐일끼다</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';">방 한쪽 벽면에는 작은 냉장고처럼 보이는 문들이 다닥다닥 붙어있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그리고 방 가운데에는 철제 침대가 하나 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">침대 위에는 하얀 이불을 덮어 쓴 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">무언가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">가 누워있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율은 그 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">무언가</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">가 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">무엇</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">인지 본능적으로 알 수 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">주 씨는 이불을 들추면서 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';">함 닦아봐라</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">오늘은 이것만 하면 된다</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';">이불을 들추자 침대 위에 누워있는 시체가 한 구 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">순간 지율은 술이 확 깨는 것을 느꼈다</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';">이</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">...</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">걸요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">제가요</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">닦아요</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';">말 똑바로 해라</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. ‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">걸</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이 아니고 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">분</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">닌 이게 뭐 쉬운 줄 알았나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이 일은 닦는 거에서부터 시작된다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이것도 못하면 아무것도 못한다</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 깨끗한 헝겊을 지율에게 건내주면서 말하였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">헝겊을 받아든 지율의 손은 떨리고 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';">어</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">어떻게 닦으면 되는 거예요</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';">사람 닦는데 무슨 방법이 있겠나</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">? </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">걍 닦으면 되지</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 고개를 끄덕이고 시체 머리맡에 다가섰다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그러자 주 씨가 그런 지율을 막아서면서 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';">시체 닦는 건 위에서 아래로 하는 게 아니고</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">그 반대다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">발끝에서 정수리로 닦아 올라가는거다</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 씨의 말대로 발에서부터 시작하였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">구석구석 꼼꼼하게</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">한참을 닦다보니 등줄기로 뜨거운 땀이 흘러내리는 것을 느낄 수 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율의 머릿속에는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">닦는다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">는 행동에 대한 생각만 떠오를 뿐 다른 생각은 전혀 들지 않았다</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';">시간이 얼마나 지났을까</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">드디어 끝이 보이기 시작하였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이제 남은 부위는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">머리</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">뿐이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이제 머리만 남았다는 생각이 드는 순간</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지율의 두 눈에는 자신이 닦던 사람의 </span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">‘</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">얼굴</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">’</span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">이 보였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">질끈 감은 두 눈과 굳게 닫힌 입</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">, </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">주름진 피부</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">. </span><span style="font-family:'굴림';">지금 여기 누워 있는 사람은 지율이 며칠 전 구급차로 병원에 태워 온 노인이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:'굴림';">.</span></div>