Last night was fuckery.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKViIB4ZUt
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8za3DoaNFa
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFxDhXwsCQ
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJIv0Ver0Y
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkBcDxJUCC
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"Yes, dear?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTjK21Hvso
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTktms9b4Tj
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oCMywKZHz
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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."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEn0RzLlB4F
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFq59nuTXun
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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."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvP0Xf2GeCF
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXHUMxpNTa
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"Yes. David Rochester."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71TlV2v4J4
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David Rochester.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpewANrzDSn
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It just had to be him, didn't it?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrOIMFTyh3
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Why couldn't it be someone else?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZZPKz0Ocl
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Why?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuYlQIrjFq
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u1iut4qyT
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla62mmlqbL
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxBCyYzre7
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOZZKLGbeg
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQY2lgEnN1F
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4akFMFfMsZ
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"How often do you go on my website?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjhiZNJQbH
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBAbz370dE
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPBsBeQ5Hn
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"I think I should go home."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZgATJHIjS
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"Have dinner with me."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3krXZHKVKh
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We both say this at the same time.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pj30hoW9Z
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"I think I should—"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA7CMbx3sC
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"Leah, please."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CkQ4wUDIm
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"You already apologised."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9e323lDkx
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtf081dsJK
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I rub my forehead in frustration.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08jMBDRhkQ
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9kUoQztZr
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCAn6i2JNY
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBorWwOi4E
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6yurHJaug
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He just shrugs. 544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURRUyTyAp9
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLza2CNq8gl
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ660vSqXvhM
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Why the hell not?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd5mt35cjC
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpw3U3hh4v
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"Okay. Under one condition."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnI4VHnnDv
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"What?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbSgnSx20A
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"I get to charge my laptop."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyOrwWQT0O
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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).544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YYIWptbJH
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It actually isn't that bad.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7BbGtC9VR
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"So... tell me about yourself."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3VAjJMeIN
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoSs1aEPul
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"How did you become a photographer?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGaJcCuXae
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MCJLQNFSx
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZMCqIUpmw
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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."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujUHqtnEn8
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhNlG4a2RN
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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."544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKAcTi604v
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5Mead3exa
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"I know," I say with a sigh.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ0nPO5CZm
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTyPI7p9JV
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs04L6Kz9LU
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO8WiMy2bA
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyolyC8nP28
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Next time?544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrknsOqyKZZ
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJT5c1LheB
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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.544Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8gTqMmrMT
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"Friends."
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