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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ9r8uDZbx
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyjvHygciN
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRfHjqqtzs
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eQAdTpe2l
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"Yes, dear?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcULN3EBwY
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLDWySHNIV
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN8fA7Aay2
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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."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT0uNNjpe1
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hmezf10Iv
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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."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvScHGXouId
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbX5wvVXLoS
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"Yes. David Rochester."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPLuYuIk1O
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David Rochester.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScNBZ1StjV
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It just had to be him, didn't it?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1g02BB7vN
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Why couldn't it be someone else?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMTc5RuCgZ
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Why?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO30rDo4ejr
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFSeVmT6uy
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uLk9B7PZ5
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL2Ael386j
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK1DQVjCSF
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4STKjBDAM
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZGd1wlLWC
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"How often do you go on my website?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBsE0fVVXi
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTi19MM62Z
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3FraDDrcB
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"I think I should go home."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4AS67wRPP
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"Have dinner with me."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBa1lbpEgY
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We both say this at the same time.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeOwWq4PIv
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"I think I should—"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBBYsz3m61
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"Leah, please."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwTZj7ghRv
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"You already apologised."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgYBsrCvNP
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMif5wXdh3I
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I rub my forehead in frustration.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvLzjQq7PB
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENnMvFWMQy
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuJB3ma7h6
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYOPslJZJK
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjo0VU18vm
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He just shrugs. 571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09zdYiCd1o
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWjz0dIjpJ
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZov5c5VPU
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Why the hell not?571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2cRqtCckB
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4colpgD6b9
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"Okay. Under one condition."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIMtVmucVu
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"What?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oF7EBLPXg
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"I get to charge my laptop."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeIPuHhpEa
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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).571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnZeFsDS1q
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It actually isn't that bad.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQrzGDAHvy
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"So... tell me about yourself."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzflGUHM94
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAABgU7cg7h
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"How did you become a photographer?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65dSbKvWGp
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZPq4u5hmq
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTjCXTHiRv
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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."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLV4F3UtXMi
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwEgQF2LsC
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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."571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhdRspZKuo
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tqroGYqnp
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"I know," I say with a sigh.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVuUj7l3ZO
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23TNraSX7T
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Vi19MMR2n
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2idXdoK0DX
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMbm6ZzfSG
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYYeiMHV5X
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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.571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWObV864gSc
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"Friends."
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