"Who the fuck is that?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTlqyK5RnY
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This comes from Rochester as he watches Shemarré, a man with perhaps the most ridiculous and pretentious name that I have ever heard, walk towards where I am currently standing, surrounded by his family members.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe9Pl6zn4S
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"Another photographer," I say as nonchalantly as I can.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHNM2QII1Q
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He chuckles deep in his throat.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2csEck8hNS
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"Ms Anderson, did I say that I wanted anyone else to come to this... gathering?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83aaftUXC8
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I have to hold back my chuckle, because I can hear the anger in his voice. This man does not like to be overruled. He enjoys getting his own way.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtebl37jgm
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Well, so do I.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMh2XquyGu
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"David," I say, emphasising his first name just to piss him off, "you gave me a job, and I'm simply doing it. If you have certain... quirks, you should have had the decency to sit down and discuss them with me, rather than bulldozing me with demands the way you did."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHYtEYX1vY
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I walk off, and leave Rochester with his jaw ticking and his hand shaking around his glass. I keep walking until I'm face to face with Martin.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhK4rwaQiH
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"Hello, Leah," he says, shaking my hand with poorly concealed enthusiasm.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbq8yP1Pqp
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"Shemarré Martin. It's a pleasure to meet you."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay3WF2woah
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His smile broadens. "Please. Call me Shem."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSptu6OiqQK
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As I circle the family reunion several times, taking photographs, Shem passed on whatever he felt necessary to me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡystl0Kz5VY
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"Stay in the background. Make them forget you're even there."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4onS0oHYob
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"Candids are always better; they speak the truth."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE0gnin9u9
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"At events like these, the ratio of candids to posed photographs should be approximately ten to one. That should be your aim."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRu7GgpHQn
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Now, everyone is packing up, and Shem has to leave for his daughter's cello recital. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwuK13Y55I
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"Um... Shem?" I say, unsure of how to phrase the question that I want to ask.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiwiZfEOX5
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"Yes?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMhLw1ejub
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"Um... Why?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RgZImC798
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He looks at me as if I'm stupid for a few seconds.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc18VB7NP7
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"Huh?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2iS0JlYqg
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"Why did you do it? Help me? You're so busy, but you went out of your wa—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1SO5gH5cR
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"I saw one of your photographs at a show two years ago. It was called 'Wheels'; a photograph of two children, playing in a meadow. One on a bicycle—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY6OevvFmq
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"—and one in a wheelchair," I finish.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6hcL0QZ8z
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"Yes," he says with a smile. "They looked so... happy. I loved how... it was just not what you would expect. Wheelchairs and joy... And I knew that I had to meet you. So when your agent called..."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoNUoJr5vD
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He shrugs, and then looks at his watch. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefwTlPkab0
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"Shit! Kelly—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEFRHFpScp
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"Go," I say, as he walk-runs to his car, in a desperate attempt to not miss his child's recital.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybPr7gUT1U
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I let out a shaky breath, all too aware that David Rochester has been stabbing me with his eyeballs for the past five hours, and I now have no one to protect me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bzspYCdzv
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Since Shem, drove off approximately three minutes ago, David has been giving me this "you're mine now" look, with a fucking smirk, which, if I'm going to be honest, is starting to creep me the fuck out. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZgr65LL8u
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For the first time, I actually feel intimidated by him.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPz3RpjEqr
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Which means that I have to leave. Now.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjtY51c6Ek
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As soon as I get the chance I sprint to my car, and throw my camera bag onto the passenger seat as soon as I sit. I let out a breath that I didn't know that I was holding, and then go to close the door, which is pulled back.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAPzc1cXWG
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I don't have to look up to know who it is.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG0z81b9Ac
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"I wasn't done speaking to you."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEt4gqv0h8
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"Well, I was." With a shaking hand, I try again to close the door — and he pulls it back. Again.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQP7SxjTVo5
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"I think... it would be more... polite to speak to me outside of the car. Wouldn't you agree, Ms Anderson?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwyUaOxgDD
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I gulp. "I have to go—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZY8MZBg7n
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"I don't think you have to do shit. I think you're scared of me."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ973Em6ZRkV
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My face heats up.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFV1OAnltIw
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"I am not."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvzVK4LV9E
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He smirks. He knows he just got me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKOmPo5onA
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"Prove it."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGURuRTs4HB
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With a shaking hand, I push the door open and step out, sealing my fate.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6tRbSEKVC
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"Much better," he says, with a look of approval.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg64eGhH6l
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"Fuck you," I growl, my irritation with this man getting the better of me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ApxIy8VIo
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He just smiles at me as if I just said the most beautiful word in the world.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBrKb8RFI1
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"Awe, I never knew that Little Ms Anderson was a potty mouth," he says, caging me in against the car making me feel so... small. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF6oINIGmT
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"Now let me explain something to you," he says dangerously low, his lips against my ear, "when I give instructions, I want them followed. I don't strangers showing up at my events—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKi6eQkMqa
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"I was doing my job—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVY0oGKF5z
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"And I get to say who can—"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J7SdyQOOH
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"Then don't ask me to do shit for you again! You're so fucking demanding! You can't even wait until the next morning for an answer, and I can't bring anyone along? Fuck you!"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi8DnC5acp
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I push his right arm out of the way and jump into my car. He's still standing there when I drive off.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kQSog1uII
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Dear Leah,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBMUPNLNIh
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I sincerely apologise for my prick-ish behaviour towards you over the period of time which I have known you. I can't promise that I will behave, but I can promise that I will try.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXWAqkg0hC
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I have your cheque prepared — I will be home all day today, so just come by and pick it up. If you want to have nothing to do with me, I completely understand.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7pxelNTS4
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Sincerely,559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmAs0pg8tG
David.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKbjXC6K6L
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Please note that this is a textmessage that I received from David Rochester at 3:57 a.m. this morning, a text that woke me the fuck up, and the only reason why I am going to his apartment at 9 a.m. on this lovely Saturday is because he has my money.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS152k1gcSg
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Briefly, I wonder what the hell his new job would be. No amount of money, however, would see me working with that asshole again.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3sLFsrGYo
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The door opens before I can knock. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesB2b8Cl0J
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"Good morning, Leah." 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YbjI4PRxC
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"David."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1YIqPSDHE
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I take the liberty to sit down on the couch, noting that my photograph now hangs beside the television. 559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB437wlDRQv
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"Beer?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzXRh3o6xE
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"Yeah."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f0XG9uEz4
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And he gives it to me this time.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBjzLBd54A
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He flops down in the chair perpendicular to mine, and fiddles with a piece of paper, that looks suspiciously like a cheque.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0pHujOUUw
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"I... I just want to apologise. Again."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldpOUweljF
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"David, I really don't give a shit anymore."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOldeR7CCfF
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He sighs, then looks up at me.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Dqs05SLer
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"Leah, my behaviour was unacceptable. I can be an asshole and sometimes, I don't realise it, but that's no excuse."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmAnv93l7S
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I'm actually surprised by the sincerity in his voice and eyes. He actually has some degree of decency. Wow.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiGFGvE7G0
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"I... I accept your apology David."559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFmD7URJDe
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His eyes light up.559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82dpfT5muv
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"Really? So we're friends now?"559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXCITDyn2U
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I have to laugh humourlessly at that. Really? Friends?559Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEbfsYmSwH
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"Not even close."
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