"Who the fuck is that?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrBPKFG0dA
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO15nr4Ck6
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"Another photographer," I say as nonchalantly as I can.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqivpbRt43O
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He chuckles deep in his throat.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz0D3hvKaG
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"Ms Anderson, did I say that I wanted anyone else to come to this... gathering?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelHsr4tYOo
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P9xpgti2E
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Well, so do I.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwopwMbjHc
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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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYH0OdugswS
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKXf8StYtQ
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"Hello, Leah," he says, shaking my hand with poorly concealed enthusiasm.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLlTCz3szN
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"Shemarré Martin. It's a pleasure to meet you."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJL4IkK1Ny
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His smile broadens. "Please. Call me Shem."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrXC2iMEN4
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As I circle the family reunion several times, taking photographs, Shem passed on whatever he felt necessary to me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwc9LxJxKR
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"Stay in the background. Make them forget you're even there."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd3hPgEKH0
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"Candids are always better; they speak the truth."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9cR8ZxO4J
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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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ5Mb5A46O
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Now, everyone is packing up, and Shem has to leave for his daughter's cello recital. 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SPPvwpaTD
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"Um... Shem?" I say, unsure of how to phrase the question that I want to ask.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOsQTCMPdJ
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"Yes?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDOkATNedm
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"Um... Why?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR0w6BinDr
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He looks at me as if I'm stupid for a few seconds.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqTO4VE1N6
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"Huh?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdw6UPY0eD
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"Why did you do it? Help me? You're so busy, but you went out of your wa—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESkPZFFGTx
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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—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ICJt0HaaC
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"—and one in a wheelchair," I finish.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5JBJVnJHK
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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..."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa53e0hmEgH
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He shrugs, and then looks at his watch. 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MhjsICaUI
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"Shit! Kelly—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynQYwnlWoT
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq94RPxLod
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0W7jv5o3B
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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. 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlbHKHl7eZ
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For the first time, I actually feel intimidated by him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCVAmnYdqV
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Which means that I have to leave. Now.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn4WnkeU4g
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVftPBR9LQp
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I don't have to look up to know who it is.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodV6ItwiQu
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"I wasn't done speaking to you."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBfpQZrHXm
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"Well, I was." With a shaking hand, I try again to close the door — and he pulls it back. Again.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEb5PeYOin
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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?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KPlQ9j8aD
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I gulp. "I have to go—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXSYxyg9ef
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"I don't think you have to do shit. I think you're scared of me."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ012e4GTNt9
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My face heats up.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFblFZ7XpC9
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"I am not."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7HyCDo1CB
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He smirks. He knows he just got me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuDP3YwlNp
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"Prove it."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjhDv8F3H7
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With a shaking hand, I push the door open and step out, sealing my fate.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmixUIRCLX7
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"Much better," he says, with a look of approval.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QMJRBheYu
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"Fuck you," I growl, my irritation with this man getting the better of me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAJ1yppLBa
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He just smiles at me as if I just said the most beautiful word in the world.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FWui4gFGv
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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. 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbLY3UYGyQ
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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—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DwfqzNoLh
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"I was doing my job—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE040cFW5zr
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"And I get to say who can—"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QblReG43V
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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!"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsH9z3pyCA9
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHh3sq4kNl
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Dear Leah,522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rq9jjmZ0h
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W8L8XTLV9
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQl3RdqKwJu
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Sincerely,522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdATTZ35Lg
David.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChsJdIf285
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuX3NOdx3C
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nW4tmS2PX
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The door opens before I can knock. 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZX4jNaeF2T
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"Good morning, Leah." 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcFodedhfA
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"David."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6Q2xDxKv6
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I take the liberty to sit down on the couch, noting that my photograph now hangs beside the television. 522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CinvVqZ6r
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"Beer?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35SYskJz3L
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"Yeah."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQUk7yrS4C
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And he gives it to me this time.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQhj8zHkoZ
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSajuenCTV
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"I... I just want to apologise. Again."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtv2PYGULz
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"David, I really don't give a shit anymore."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXhfWKqgPG
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He sighs, then looks up at me.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNC83fjTDL
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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."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYT9EpMMQh
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I'm actually surprised by the sincerity in his voice and eyes. He actually has some degree of decency. Wow.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrhBOPj9AU
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"I... I accept your apology David."522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtobBUDXsya
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His eyes light up.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDa3swG5nH
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"Really? So we're friends now?"522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXwwdKOlEg
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I have to laugh humourlessly at that. Really? Friends?522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TLxqsf8MZ
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"Not even close."
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