Last night was fuckery.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYJbQnhjNW
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbZooyNcfy
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0irFC3WPmc
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4HN9HQk7z
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eI6NQvBLv
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"Yes, dear?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CqzRvc0Ya
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMycTzhAwg
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsANy6fE0c
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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."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAeKbnUQ1G
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeD5cpV0tS
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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."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7STpmDf8E
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKqjWF469R
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"Yes. David Rochester."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx5kjLEzwU
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David Rochester.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pX08SGN1B
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It just had to be him, didn't it?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSokvx7rdJB
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Why couldn't it be someone else?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJVPVxaQny
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Why?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKZ0kTZ2yP
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAmDnxxSWt
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAUZjyPFAp
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXhIxZaMEZ
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbuGOFvvVU
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbmm2xcP4f
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LB6V728K0
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"How often do you go on my website?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaQ7FbIpbX
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOsKdEPNYO
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQPWfwgOj1
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"I think I should go home."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKMnLVxNBG
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"Have dinner with me."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o355UIpO5
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We both say this at the same time.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeTp0cwEmD
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"I think I should—"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbByc5aETM
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"Leah, please."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydPJtxHAL3
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"You already apologised."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiYaLbATCy
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdML2hwr1r
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I rub my forehead in frustration.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRP1n2Dvl5
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmYj8DZFih
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0WdogF3Os
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwD927cm5w
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDetm5OJNC
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He just shrugs. 543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYGvScRRMa
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyPNCWVknE
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkxpUPBvkQ
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Why the hell not?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBLZaABMkK
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWONkz7TfO
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"Okay. Under one condition."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uzr5TjRDk
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"What?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHJ8ZkQzAS
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"I get to charge my laptop."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr1bn8bXvY
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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).543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1KO2Y5LhN
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It actually isn't that bad.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy6jFPUXQd
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"So... tell me about yourself."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHi33vCxbj
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAaKfwlIu1
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"How did you become a photographer?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsJpYikDme
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeurK8cnDib
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMnJT3BBsw
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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."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM3sJymngD
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6X3UTWEEh
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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."543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizbbA2V50f
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxv4q6mgc0
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"I know," I say with a sigh.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO2Zkrguse
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxagCn29mq4
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XSoNT3KmH
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoljGgwINmW
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPJA3e1a0P
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Next time?543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCWmR4eJYv
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgrpMwiTQs
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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.543Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXBJVL1AnM
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"Friends."
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