Last night was fuckery.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy9K9jA89p
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0V12GwQjl
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp4jSclHsN
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4ExfjfSDq
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wvs0RIXel
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"Yes, dear?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBYeiux1A5
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI4BUHEgiz
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LG1ZNVoPZ
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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."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfCAWT01LX
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdmJAioRyP
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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."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjNjHEztN6
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslQ7LntSXT
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"Yes. David Rochester."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshPOB1vD4N
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David Rochester.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpXM5r2Hev
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It just had to be him, didn't it?561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiHbTJzKo8
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Why couldn't it be someone else?561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBR7mH04g1E
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Why?561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHIyW9HuCq
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4nJkUHHuT
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60w6vN4zOf
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6nuAmMLCZ
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm6jJf7crk
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxGZCMy0Jd
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPD6tFvU22
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"How often do you go on my website?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6pjXt93tK
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcweJfqVQr
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDTR0YZ3Q7
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"I think I should go home."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrghA5lrRy
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"Have dinner with me."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMwpQ7XuLO
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We both say this at the same time.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrjUlmprms
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"I think I should—"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ137X1ozgyQ
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"Leah, please."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDujXH5xwv
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"You already apologised."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVWX9wLfVE
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kD0MsDQ1T
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I rub my forehead in frustration.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9vDcElisy
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHIaPVaaXi
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp7ITpHaEA
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb15DioDoq
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gVeXG0FD4
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He just shrugs. 561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnbSITa6TO
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHK4Uem1F4
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp6vOtJGQM
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Why the hell not?561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWlgqXj2iY
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuR5UjjiCV
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"Okay. Under one condition."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mqWQqotIv
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"What?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNMcvbp31Y
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"I get to charge my laptop."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj9rYprLll
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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).561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGJZycg1Ch
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It actually isn't that bad.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkYHW9fGor
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"So... tell me about yourself."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSiiftTLKC
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY9AMcBlP4
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"How did you become a photographer?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESJ983KRNA
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKTcyuiLcC
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1zG8EovRR
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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."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7s9vEzr3S
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBXUOqxbwO
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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."561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKSbCHNKeV
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpLEQF1y7G
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"I know," I say with a sigh.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG7zBmbbL7
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3zOXnw3Go
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDrMLQCwIG
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6P9vfy6dpU
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡka52kNKEFY
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Next time?561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpDhJ0ODho
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdGBQZqR2t
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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.561Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjchFLyczFL
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"Friends."
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