Last night was fuckery.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZvARn6JEZ
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE73xWOUyba
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWLkt1e1jh
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFufFTfQaAQ
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSeVaovemB
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"Yes, dear?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiUVfs4k6m
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGA41NTwoH
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoqnxBmixp
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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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mOi6ODQZw
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvTwLccDLT
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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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGm5yLqTXN
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3FpKZLHm5
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"Yes. David Rochester."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8j79q14hu
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David Rochester.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDujHFebko
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It just had to be him, didn't it?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaqW6Uzvoh
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Why couldn't it be someone else?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KXBO3mQOl
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Why?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoqFatWx95
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9u6tg7ALO
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulbMjAdD3n
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHNfIhCWjH
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyvfoWKzKO
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpEv9LOfKC
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe4CqZjNvH
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"How often do you go on my website?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJv4ESsXuS
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2n4EReLyH7
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RgdWU4HNZ
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"I think I should go home."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYuEBR7sul
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"Have dinner with me."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcspzHphig6
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We both say this at the same time.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fz3RqVGAi
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"I think I should—"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVsfy6rLQe
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"Leah, please."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDhBrafLnO
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"You already apologised."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5bBbWuH6D
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmT8btTeS4
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I rub my forehead in frustration.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqQ7y5FkH2
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhwK7cjZlx
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIPkzrnfaR
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJDvs9u2tU
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZdS0JPELJ
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He just shrugs. 538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzCsTgoqjf
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Za8mUxFrL
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZbIa9H2fA
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Why the hell not?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2Gauhxvl2
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtLFMQsov0
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"Okay. Under one condition."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSKXbqnqo5
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"What?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRdfRV6fHD
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"I get to charge my laptop."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKXWLqAvdG
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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).538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgZMFNfxf2
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It actually isn't that bad.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjpM0oR1Uy
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"So... tell me about yourself."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnW4kYF3Gi
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LwdGOUF2o
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"How did you become a photographer?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6Q1ZSZb1N
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVtHjyN51M
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcYBpsOsk0
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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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd65wTL7hFF
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbJCbO2Nmt
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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."538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrBAfUisKH
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7QebQn3dG
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"I know," I say with a sigh.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAKnl1y8Xg
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijdlK8eXW2
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdjoCYEsr6
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsZXr4LBjx
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX4mlrp7QN
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Next time?538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9l8zzvy1A
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHLNh5SWNl
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd43w8zWis
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"Friends."
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