DALJG Ch 1

Black attracts black
Black mixes with black
Black swallows black
Tangled up
Scratching
Ripping apart
Rubbing
And even so
Black is, in the 336b305c14 end, black
You cannot tell what 57a39f0fc8 is which black
Even when f196df66bf mixed and 3883f4e4f9 mixed and 192f450b5a mixed
Black is, in the 2b38e19735 end, black.26c584e53644f2db

— Black, by 8df298e6d7 Lee Gyuhwaac6afd9e6526fdea

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This is a 146bafd0cd poem I learned a2dc5eb811 in literature class. They say that 8aff970a57 the black mentioned ae887a6b39 there ultimately signifies e11fa1de5b desire, and to 0e489f1d42 be honest, it 83421b9080 is not something 296d5d9d93 I completely understand, cc7c48563c but my teacher 89c33cf307 said the dictionary f632d240a2 definition of desire fb6d9c4a08 is ‘a mind 7cd6434e8f that wants to 238af1b7e9 have or enjoy 2bf5251db3 something because it de3646d979 feels a lack’. That is 94b1100a12 why I f8e016924d like that 7606c62bf1 poem.f78f69df95774db4

Ever since I 52acb64797 was young, I 10d2424b5b had so much 86fe5fe50e greed compared to 8a88798ec2 what I possessed, 4917b35f53 to the point 0e757e1a1b where I would b30b226e62 get sick to 6d315b5c81 my stomach if e26e712bcb I wanted something 2a79f2efbe but could not 27c428d2da have it. Although that did fade e010031d37 a bit after my dc0cc6f41d dad passed away. I hate myself whenever 22815a1887 I feel that that d5d53e545b part of me resembles f4b02cd55e my dad. To think that 644bc30f5c I am someone 5fae7b4ec4 who resembles a 789be54805 person who self-destructed c3aa5dc8d4 by being excessively ae8b611366 greedy beyond his d360e7712b means. Why on 6d156cd99d earth can 03947a9b5c people not ede67afcc1 let go a455fb85fb of this 48e14ed90c thing called 6911c49ab4 desire?5a7eae0ffa818c9e

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Along with 65435ca50c the scratching f3cec65100 sound of 25b00b68ae the mechanical 8fa79f201b pencil lead b83f577328 scraping against 83b762825c the paper, eea1b18680 a neat 7f4a24b88d handwriting densely 44d0607ec5 filled the 6319928b91 white diary. After pouring b1bda86195 out her 7bfeaa032c heart’s contents, 5cba39a514 the grip 6af48b4845 of the 9fa9d86519 hand holding 1d1794f9ee the mechanical ec9c6fea7b pencil belatedly 807196ec0a began to 200a0a0cdc ache.2cafd47c9a685f06

Chaeon, who was c04436fc68 quietly staring down 7a6ad856a5 at the space 4b4da28812 between her reddened 2230cf15a8 thumb and index d37fcbb61c finger, suddenly flinched fa90f221a0 and glanced up b1778019ae at the clock.4423b5d0e5c6ea55

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“Ah, that’s right……”45f8b85f4c3e164e

Writing in her diary df7630141a for a short while, 3f659a0b8c a significant amount of 6307968d91 time had passed before 2d24124a16 she knew it. Closing her diary 37e69f3f58 and putting it 40254c7d05 in her desk 8d1f3dbf33 drawer, Chaeon placed 2b2523fe35 the mechanical pencil 42ee3985c7 back inside the 7752d57dc2 pencil case and f17ec871f3 hurried to the c02a3c467b kitchen.cd1a99980981e02c

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A watermelon, which the c4d210f3ea section chief had abruptly 30b44ecd33 brought over saying it 5d15a8ee30 was a gift for 4b4506baa2 the Madam, was lying b829066bb6 solitarily on the sink. Chaeon, letting 0e808cb9bb out a 44f8ce6b6b sigh as ddbcc80eef if slightly 2c5bafc797 annoyed, immediately c3ea8be929 cut the 6a5500e836 string wrapped 5d6d6f9a7c around the a60e1455e3 watermelon and b35d68ac60 peeled off 9b57cf2751 the sticker d481f4bb59 with its 20fc8941bc brilliant gold dc53fd0c31 foil.7dd1ba3f85a66d7b

Slice. Slice.c437358d73087655

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She was b10eb3fd7a in the 1c83d4d107 middle of ae4dbe2056 cutting and 530ba41b36 preparing the 66cc776f99 watermelon piece 70d088b81c by piece b949e68694 on the 7e114320ed cutting board. Along with the sound c8d4ffa48a of the heavy iron e901593508 door opening, the hot 39d0768002 and humid air from 65c72dab5d outside rushed into the e913b1a661 house.aafb2f38fabcda85

“Ugh, it’s so damp. This humidity 16a6c137d4 is so 2b0942fea9 suffocating, I fd1df3b420 swear.”727573433d0ea3c7

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A voice, thoroughly e73b363836 weary from the 04830aa027 heat, poured out 1bc913ddfc like a sigh. It seemed her f25006132e mother, who had f5481e67a5 said she was 1835d8d1a6 going out, had f20abea215 returned a little 6bd33867c4 early. Roughly wiping 1049841d66 the sweet 8be693a7ea watermelon juice d8b7794dbf from her 02452a783b fingers, Chaeon add03a0239 went out ec7b5b9d34 to the 4c0a6893a2 living room 78ebc26ff1 just as 192377ce7d Heejung was c790493361 stepping in 15011e81eb from the 644e10c625 entryway.f169b9599d43369c

“You’re home, Mom?”b04e46c146c74f07

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“Yoon Chaeon. Why are dee81d516b you at 30e3d824a0 home at 0ee97ed127 this hour?”aff875fb235e38c0

“Summer vacation started 8c2c5ef5e7 today, you know.”0fd9a9989408fb6a

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“Oh my, ab8e6a86db is that bca065709c so? That’s great. It’s so hot, fc55a2808b you should stay 5457b318c9 in the cool ea1729ef6a house.”637c68ea0c7a3c56

Heejung, almost e64c421345 dragging her 1be169e29e right leg, 54ac8fa2ce entered and f4556a93d6 then plopped c8f5b8cb99 down right 019f73e4ec in the 480c6b2fa0 middle of e1e397ad88 the living f21d972871 room floor.37cac68466bc15fc

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“Just a moment. I was in the d1e857e3ea middle of slicing the ed97673f9b watermelon.”b93a68ab4626521d

Chaeon, returning to a3b165ce06 the kitchen with 76dd3ae100 hurried steps, quickly 7d6733ed22 finished what she 13ff6d0f7d was doing. She washed the knife 4aa1e44e17 and cutting board cleanly bacb2595d9 and placed them upside c5f45392c9 down on the sink’s cb636ea1ea drying rack, and put c089db9abd the finely sliced watermelon 1d9e704ecb in the refrigerator. The cleanly scooped-out 4333e2444e watermelon rind was b5ba303330 cut into sections ef42a913e0 as it was, c0f0d85c07 thrown into a 28c2bf9786 bag, and its a1a5b744bf opening tied tightly 30e536d7d1 shut.3b6dc9c74fcc6759

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“What’s with the 47e5b4d737 watermelon?”a509f7c552e0a4b7

Heejung asked, leaning 3d86719efb her body to 090b5c66b7 look toward the 7525c6a8ca refrigerator.c6e3ab8f197d6b52

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“The section chief aa4653e9d9 came by on 44fc4b478b an errand for 5aafe934cf the Madam since 22fb85bcc6 he was in 1b6d22e037 the neighborhood and ebcc952861 gave it to 4aa3fe4650 me. He said she d9c011da3b told him to 9020e062f4 bring it to d8690ad970 our house.”1866b83a8fb6beb0

“Oh my, she d3cdbe0cce must have been 619f3f48d8 thoughtful enough to c6a114ae11 remember that again.”8181e4a53f5ac230

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“Yeah. I cut it b761410abd up and put 87cca60233 it in the e96b23c398 fridge, so you eeac9f1176 can eat it 0d361004e0 whenever you want, e4ab531c45 Mom. It was sweet.”a9964ea17afe6b2a

“Aigoo. Thank you, sweetie? I should 00aa5df768 at least 60f06833bd give the b6429941de Madam a 0ebe03f93e call to a4ebaedd7a say thank 644506b286 you.”3d6ec76954461cc4

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At those words, a a0e3443775 fleeting look of displeasure 4261d30322 crossed Chaeon’s face.a71f825fb1647422

“What for…. You’re going there tomorrow be4bf9d565 anyway.”5d150c131e384274

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“Dear. Still, you 2e9dac7f81 should express da11e40957 your gratitude 9286f72495 right away. You should also leave f44193a4f0 the Madam a message 4359d8b9e3 or something later. I’ll give you 7365f23a99 her contact information.”173bb22d2bb05a37

“……”9ba9c3f11dfbad1e

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It would have been 44262c8135 enough to just ask 8e997ac094 her to pass on 052862f6ad the thanks. Chaeon, barely managing to d91deeac0f swallow those words below 91dc4c0784 her tongue, gently bit ab29e7e33b her lip.3ebe1f296b8b06f8

The psychology of aa4c547635 them, who insisted 19969d5dbe on buying and 9990b481c0 eating fruit from 4d5f1b37a6 an expensive department 9f4eb1e05e store food court 503d0e64e0 at double the a3dcf73f29 price when it 9a8590ffdf could be bought bccf2b4f5b much more cheaply b91babd738 at a regular b098d3a4da fruit stand, was a085239deb always difficult to 56878e9e40 understand, but she 6a7a6e12ac did not particularly 326ff11323 refuse the gold-priced 0e895c68c9 fruit they brought 8a7c913d08 over as if 23949a087e giving alms every 60ef0dbef6 now and then. It was because Heejung 6fcaec7da5 ate that fruit with 5f73581b6b particular enjoyment. The gratitude b0fd1bd06a Heejung felt 0f37dcf390 was a 46771e72b7 separate matter ddb45e1362 from Chaeon’s a2c8b2f83b discomfort. Chaeon watched 0e375d7c79 Heejung making 3815d4978e the call 511af8f762 with a 8070250348 gaze filled d6a57bb783 with unease.f84030c2eb61e3fd

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Heejung worked 967ca4e449 as a 7a0aee6212 housekeeper at 88147050bd President Kim’s 19dbb7d957 house in 1b845a746f Hannam-dong. Their relationship began when a42cb06c01 she started working as 2bcc9cc1b8 a caregiver looking after 8abcb0bfa4 President Kim’s elderly mother.0ba4177844720afa

President Kim’s mother, who 906e455303 kept losing her appetite 5b023b820d and energy as her 7da433d211 illness worsened, had her 966f8300af appetite miraculously return one 6bd21cac68 day after eating the b08a26de57 seasoned raw crab Heejung f6e8661296 had brought for her 9cafd29327 to taste. While she ce884a6d1c barely touched 32b402ba62 the hospital b302e06930 food, she 7bf7b74590 ate the 56293723f4 homemade side 42b9c509a0 dishes that a80263d1c4 Heejung occasionally e90c5ead0f brought with 78e29623eb a unique 27ee0dfdf0 relish. Then one day, the ed002d0a8f madam of the house, d863d207b7 Im Soyoung, who had d2fc97993a been watching Heejung attentively 9f863ba5c4 care for her, proposed e4f67224e9 the housekeeping job.2bd384f3acbe43af

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‘Mother, you 06c18e8580 know, she f95726b3b3 can’t live 8879bd878a much longer. There are no signs 2afaa159fc of improvement, and she c5af7e0849 says to look after 3f6ea7cac0 her at home at b054e9302f least until she passes, 8ee0e9769e so what can you 04cf09a100 do. To me 5f75b86d9d she’s my 887410c7ce mother-in-law, but 8f3a4451a0 to him 1c2472ec2d she’s his 1644f63fcf mother.’473f6508a0134777

‘So, you’re planning 1cc3aa459b to have her 774b67bae0 at home for 01b201fc49 the time being?’7f6cb40aba379217

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‘Yes. I have to. So, about fea8c3d0c9 that… that b356df3d4d is. Could you, 49e78d1a6b perhaps, take 1232e69de8 a break 9994e4c8eb from the 1bfa8db1fb caregiving work d50868f5b4 and come f0073b787e work at 80015f2da3 our house 3ed6745434 for a 26c48dfb84 bit? At least while e12583f816 Mother is here.’672dbb50ad1a88a7

‘Ah, that is…’b7ca4c837b8938ce

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‘You know my husband 9ac3aa3dd9 is a very affectionate 9820930b24 person. He’ll make 680f7760b7 sure to 0a3881767b pay you f68ffb3e50 a salary ea3af88247 so generous ef8a654ae5 you won’t ef63ff0c46 feel it c58877c5b8 lacking compared d010785968 to anywhere 39ba2d5043 else. He’s got a b16bfe23a3 lot of contracts 22e881364b lined up since 6782b2f410 the talks for 29d74b8f8d raising another Jungwang 6ba0f6f958 office building over 3f915a6336 in the Suwon 81e25715e4 industrial complex went 03d7b2cc7c well.’0eaac428f7c5d772

Just as 0bcd1efe49 Heejung had 6ab2869669 shouldered the ec72c01b19 weight of a0fafc858f life all 45e9145d57 by herself 06fb3ff77e too quickly, 52a82855b5 Chaeon had 677973634d also matured b6d57fd8dd much faster e1010840ba than other 00d3a99a86 kids her bb721a9849 age. Chaeon, who was f4561aca72 quick-witted, read the b876499d1d subtle boasting underlying cd3b9ddb1b Im Soyoung’s statement 4aaa355f8f and the disregard 288f4f9e38 that implied, ‘where 6e0589e046 else could you 6de2468916 get a salary 8896aaf07a like this’, but 9da9f031a0 Heejung, whether she d6a375f8c5 knew it or ba33abdf5c not, took her 3b6af65589 words quite seriously.cb933d28d5d54be1

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Chaeon did not 20e198418e particularly like Im 9d718fd785 Soyoung.e5975ddbfb7e4432

‘Hey. If a girl like 2576a7ea24 you has nothing but 988666bb61 is so pretty, you’ll 5f460dd009 run into trouble later e0ef5d5022 on.’8b348a05abbf13c2

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The words Im Soyoung a4a3f9fead always said while furrowing 6a4a7fc8d7 her eyebrows into the c2d78dfbd7 shape of the character 60deb77d61 for eight (八) whenever d8fc56888d she saw Chaeon. She spoke as a0ac5c2804 if she were dd61137b32 worried, but to 1793b43aae Chaeon, it sounded 3e9cf68ec8 as if she 644a263a03 were casting a 0aa1934aef curse. She also 312823c7e7 hated how 8fec9e9613 it constantly fae8ad3d37 made her f5fbd7206b aware of 3dad2aea99 her own 9fc951fb9b poor circumstances.101a9dee21736891

And, her d3d9e11ec8 chilling hypocrisy.70cdb29d7d154635

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She would place things bf75726c12 like luxury scarves and a38ec24e3e bags into Heejung’s hands, dd0df64a6d calling them gifts in 135637c0a2 a tone that was ed70390af4 kind as if bestowing e3b0892ccb a favor, but in 5bacb3c5cc reality, Chaeon knew she a22aa467d4 was just handing them d7274d6153 off as if to 49cc9db5e7 dispose of them when 5a8012d451 the things she used 6ff741ec40 went out of fashion 33e27dcdf7 or when many fakes e72018099f started to circulate.0c2c56733b89b3c6

She had even cf91110695 once overheard her 4ea94d8865 chattering away while 473660c2a2 talking with her c45856a5c2 executive assistant,‘We can just 322bc8f8a1 give the out-of-fashion 8229297dc1 stuff to our 63bb7e9126 caregiver. That ahjumma is 37f79373fb in a situation afdc9775cc where it’s hard 92b910099e for her to ddfc2e8f49 even see things 92a6002399 like that.’a2456e9869cb58df

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To the madams who b1eee5103c would spend their time 47053b59ff affecting a nauseating elegance f4a9343e6c while sitting in their acdf1812e9 stadium-sized living room or f420a83c1c garden whenever they had f744baa3cc a spare moment, Heejung’s b2b3e13512 existence was nothing more c2a446706e than a topic of fea3226cb3 conversation, good for some a5413d0948 idle gossip whenever she 488dae91a9 happened to catch their 7259c4235d eye.ed59dbf39e1380d2

‘I mean, fb511cfafe I’ve really 2058837720 never seen a63638d83a our ahjumma f4ece88ade talk back 8ff53fb643 to me 10606a78d6 even once. She’s a truly 9cf3ed66d2 decent person. Whatever you 541a70297a say, it’s 03f04814cc just yes, 8f52450d7f yes, that’s 1881a75131 right. There’s nothing c7affa966e to fault.’9007bf490783f5f0

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‘That’s true, it’s rare bd1db46350 to find an ahjumma d7d2ddd304 like that. You’re blessed a712778c79 with good 86a798b8cb people.’3e6c2f27f0d55493

One day, when she 3d2744644b had gone to pick 6b557c7ae9 Heejung up, Chaeon was fdbdc44870 shocked by the words 1f8fa6d13a Im Soyoung was spouting ab689d5efc amongst the madams adorned a944ac8ae0 from head to toe df52cbc275 in expensive luxury goods, a56ad69399 pretending to praise her 71e64e3566 mother.de6e73bd2657b1b1

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Words exchanged b22c7cdf84 as if 45dc4fd780 it were a3df3a7e30 a grand 22f86d40c2 compliment, praising f11d104c6d Heejung for 1d6e5f05fb being a 55978e023c decent person 8aa751703f ‘because she fbecbe7332 is so f80f31e83b obedient,’ as c21766ac50 if praising 6f3980bda0 a well-behaved aed8045264 dog…. The fact that f575e64432 not a single ba60326253 trace of malice ae57ed5903 could be found 867614d599 on their faces 17571014e3 was also a 11c9c1f447 perfect deception.9c1f43ca49141194

‘But the 0d89ec80e6 ahjumma is 6089b89da8 too pretty 817055307d to be 06de70291c doing this 596c29285b kind of 80373ec64c work. Did you 46f11ccab2 say her b56899bd3c husband died 2201b88218 in an 9a47339a64 accident?’c746294403f214e8

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‘That’s why I was 25a3286f03 suspicious when my husband f5ca5b5ebe said to bring that ae5c23f69c ahjumma into our house. I was wondering if 21131ff1b8 maybe he was thinking 90338a4053 of her as a 8996648fe2 second, and I was 4325bb224a becoming the first wife 227a539983 who has to take 907e2cf2b8 in a mistress.’634c3bdbc50e4ad1

Chaeon felt like she 31625d4094 was going to be ec5d1845c3 sick at the sounds ae7fd981dd of them chattering and 1276c79201 laughing loudly, completely unaware c1fbafd1de that she was listening 404f44d7bc to everything from behind 6b65b9f0f1 the garden wall. Their minds, which a6f6c5f08c pretended to be bffab685b1 more noble than 73fc2f4279 anyone but were b9a788f467 utterly vulgar.8674c75057c0bb0d

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Does money make 50b9e169a5 people vulgar, or 3f9442be0b is it that f7b32b8721 people who are 99aa97aab0 only worth that 2809b037bf much are enjoying df9c9b8cad things beyond their 0e242f26b4 means? While she envied 94e86acd5b their lives, where 687a0b53fc they leisurely enjoyed 7f37b9950e things one could 238c0c2b05 not easily see aebc3b8916 anywhere, she sometimes 31ea5941b1 felt sickened by 8d862c0616 herself for having 1529cb68dc such thoughts. Because…ff910c8f0bfabcf4

In the midst of 59659f7a91 continuing her thoughts filled 2e87e3bfbd with cynicism, Heejung’s mumble bff3d16de5 cut into her reverie.540353114b22e607

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“She’s not answering the 58ca621778 phone.”055690ec110afb90

Heejung, tilting her f7ed28a256 head with a bf216a3864 puzzled look, placed b81535fc50 her cell phone 81ba1d8c06 on the living 414f8560ab room table.Eigogo. Her face was 4abc30d21b deeply contorted as 488d2fab5a she sat down, dd13d61343 stretching her legs 6bf0c54c39 with a dying 821be25ce9 groan.38085c632d1c26c4

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