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ATTEW – Chapter 9
“Then where the hell did that little rat go? She’s got nowhere to go.” “How would I know? Maybe another uncle snatched her first?.” “Hmm…….” “Anyway, if you catch that brat, make sure you tell me too. The cost of all the bread and ramen she stole from my shop is enormous. I need to get that money back. Ah—didn’t Hwajin’s shop still have some stock left?” “Why.” “Why do you think? I got done over too, so I’m thinking I’ll go grab some goods at least. Ugh, I don’t…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 8
Matching the three-digit code unlocked the padlock. She found several bundles of bills neatly rolled and tied, along with a few loose notes. “That’s all?” “…….” “Hurry and pack it.” At Myeongok’s urging, Eunho stuffed the bundles into a black plastic bag, then went into the room. Inside the wardrobe was a piggy bank where she’d saved the small change she earned for fetching cigarettes, stockings, condoms, aphrodisiacs, and other things she didn’t even know the names…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 7
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth—tears for tears. Hwajin said that since Eunho was small, she had to toughen up so people wouldn’t look down on her, so they wouldn’t treat her carelessly. If there was some uncle who sneered and called her a rat bastard, then refused to pay her for an errand… …It was Hwa-jin who taught her how to fight back. If any auntie or uncle tried to touch Eunho’s body without permission… …It was she who said that, too. Right. So don’t cry.…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 6
“Oppa! Oppa!” “What—weren’t your legs shaking? You run pretty well. Chasing me down for another round?” “You shorted me. Give me five thousand more.” “Hwajin, stop being a bitch and go when I’m asking nicely. Huh?” “It’s five thousand short. Here—look. This is exactly the money you left.” “Ha… Who do you think you’re scamming? I paid full twenty thousand for the fuck—what bullshit is this!” “No more talk—just hand over the five thousand. Nothing…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 5
Living as a Guhyeongjip kid, Eunho had naturally learned that she herself had been born from acts like that. You couldn’t help but pick it up from the words the adults around her exchanged. Once, on TV, she’d seen people talk about pregnancy and childbirth as something holy and sublime, using big, lofty words. Eunho had snorted at that. If everyone got pregnant and gave birth after doing that, then it was a long way from holy or sublime. The only proper book Eunho owned was a New Millennium…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 4
“A mother who looks like that—no wonder you’re a mess too.” “…….” “You little rat bastard. You—don’t ever come to our shop again!” “…….” “Got it?” “…….” “I said, got it?” “…….” “Ah, seriously!” After snapping that, she turned and went back into the shop. A moment later, she came out again and hurled a loaf of bread—about the size of a child’s fist—hard at Eunho’s feet. It was spite, and it was pity. Eunho…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 3
The only place Eunho had to go when kicked out of the single room was the shop, so every time, she guarded it alone. She took ten thousand won from the men going in to fuck her mother and sold them two condoms, then slipped the money into the cash tin beneath the counter. That compartment was only for ten-thousand-won bills. Listening to her mother’s nasal, breath-muddled moans, the men’s curses and ragged breathing, Eunho read whatever magazines or newspapers they left behind. When a man finished…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 2
“Living as a woman won’t bring you anything good. Even if your face is half-decent, all it does is draw bugs.” “I know.” “What do you know? You’re tiny.” “I’ve heard that enough times to know.” Nine-year-old Eunho looked down with indifferent eyes at the light brown hair falling in clumps around her feet. Her hair had only grown to about the length of a single finger joint. It was the weekend. Hwajin had slept in late and woke up complaining about the cold. Startled by…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 17
People are, after all, just animals with highly developed instincts. Someone once said that when an unusually sharp sense of foreboding strikes, the odds are high that something bad—an accident or incident—is about to happen. Maybe that was true. A little past 2 a.m., Eunho woke up and sat bolt upright when she realized both sides of her were empty. Just moments ago, Gyueon had been sleeping to her left, Eunsil to her right. Yet now, less than two hours after they’d fallen asleep, both were…-
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ATTEW – Chapter 16
After making her seal as well—press, press—the child made her oppa promise, again and again, that he had to come quickly. Then, as if she’d never been reluctant at all, she flitted off and ran toward the other kids her age who were peeking over. “…She went.” “Yes.” “Thank you. For calming Gyueon down.” “No, it’s part of my job.” For a few seconds, Eunho’s eyes met the man’s—Seo Jae-eon. He hesitated like someone who still had more to say. Eunho knew what he…-
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