Last night was fuckery.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSyNctpR1t
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After returning from David's house, I came home to find my apartment in complete darkness. After trying to turn on the light no less than ten times, I chose to believe that the bulb had blown. I walked down the passage way towards my room, stumbling over the box of clothes that I had left right outside my door, and after trying- and failing- to turn on the light in my bedroom, I finally accepted that my light had been cut off because I neglected to pay the light bill. Again.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUnKyqxxmq
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I had to use my phone to put a picture of my latest photograph on my website before going to bed.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkjbppJ2Hh
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Now, driving my rickety old car, on my way back from dropping off the said box of clothes to the 12 to 17 girls home not too far from my house.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQxHoI9K1n
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnckVhVJUXl
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"Yes, dear?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hFvGh11TV
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTwDIasWHQ
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ089KF3br
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"I put it up last night, using my phone, because my electricity had been cut off due to lack of payment. I was tired. As I am now."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1q78Ha6jBl
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rvem5mvub
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"Someone saw it and wants it. Wants you to deliver it too. I'll text you the address. It's somewhere in Stony Hill."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw63bDSpAl2
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QNxcJ7Nro
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"Yes. David Rochester."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIApKcImv2R
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David Rochester.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHrpQHmUrJ
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It just had to be him, didn't it?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FT8nkHZRE
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Why couldn't it be someone else?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXLj4Lh0th
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Why?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZwCaWzBVd
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7tMUNXTFZ
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdd8XrYjUM
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I park right outside a large, two story house, and push a button on something that looks like an intercom, on the wads beside the gate.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiSqw4wVCy
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Instead of a voice coming through the intercom, the gates began to open immediately, and I begin walking up the steep drive with the photograph — rolled up this time — over my shoulder.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hNSAqUTV5
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When I reach the main house, I see him standing in the doorway with a smile in slacks and a dress shirt. This time, he takes the photograph from me, and envies me in, following me inside the house.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodq6KzsAxz
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC8H6vXR42
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"How often do you go on my website?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzMBNf5oPS
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecYLyJhY0s
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNldD9RfC4
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"I think I should go home."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFJEs6aBiY
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"Have dinner with me."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkyYhlOvP4
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We both say this at the same time.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E0LysQZjS
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"I think I should—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbxW9kuJxZ
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"Leah, please."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oNSDXj3Di
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"You already apologised."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdNcAvkHm8
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzFvIbFhMF
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I rub my forehead in frustration.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j3nBJACOi
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQ6y4VyDrA
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWGzYdvh8f
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iHVhv4XRM
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv15lGuIEfl
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He just shrugs. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4p9wZR0Kay
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHWt0vrVrQ
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqN7jga9Zdt
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Why the hell not?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDIbZnp9ce
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It's true. I have nothing else to lose. I didn't pay my electricity bill today; the bank was too full, so my apartment I still completely dark.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6PGWYdj4n
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"Okay. Under one condition."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTVebtxKZT
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"What?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM4R7Tglrt
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"I get to charge my laptop."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIqqm23HNq
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David an I sit beside each other at his dining table, eating pasta and talking. So far, I've learned that his favourite colour is red, his favourite animal is a dog (hence he just bought a photograph of three dogs dressed as a ballerina, an Ashanti tribe member, and a Chinese princess), and that he hates cockroaches (like me).559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb77K7RyLIQ
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It actually isn't that bad.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmKjyWrXrX
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"So... tell me about yourself."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35HwGW8s2Q
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W1TF1QZCU
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"How did you become a photographer?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTL21AbBk1
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoDwK8C1h9
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"I had a photograph in my bedroom of my mother as a child. It was so beautiful; black and white. She had her eyes closed, head upturned.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtHqsFXOdF
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"When I was fifteen, our house burned down. Ever since then I've been trying to to produce a picture even half as beautiful as that one."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhQRkSYNE4
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfc3PJdu7Q
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"Because of how you view that photograph, you'll only be able to achieve that goal using something of great emotional value to you."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCWD4ka6Zl
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I know this. The only problem is that the fire took more than the house and picture from me. My mother was all I had, and she died in that fire. Since then, I've never been able to connect with anyone.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9OKvzvbRC
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"I know," I say with a sigh.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6qXxZZcdB
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He shifts the conversation to a better topic — my favourite colour, which also happens to be red — as we finish our meal.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWItLrVQtq9
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0qmVh9OqV
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A1cbTkJUK
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKbKQdKTeo
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Next time?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevtnGdtGoR
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡampz2GqDWi
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I give him a small smile of reassurance. He's actually not so bad, and I don't want him to think that I hate him.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE83HaRpVZ
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"Friends."
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