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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW8aD9vcV8
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROgmNDE8wY
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2uxxJwD63
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmttL4hz2Ji
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"Yes, dear?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmBCuKe0Vg
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokjkev2Obj
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1UNW0FyWU
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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."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpO35xYvdN
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A7l2W6qjy
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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."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC33gwzAVm8
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR93ooRkTo
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"Yes. David Rochester."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MHy0uzhs1
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David Rochester.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJmmePHUfq
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It just had to be him, didn't it?599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OLEG0CLYn
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Why couldn't it be someone else?599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjYYYQAtiX
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Why?599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7DEvhdCDQ
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStNtFs0aKK
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TAMr8gq6v
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9JnKBYgqh
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuySpAK6yXV
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TXHnhd53b
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG5rXJMmu9
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"How often do you go on my website?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiRdmQtqou
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEDWPYUQuH
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI2lKQ67om
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"I think I should go home."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPGKbgsirD
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"Have dinner with me."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm6uk9CCLn
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We both say this at the same time.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnA4zah6Ae
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"I think I should—"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GVuh4Ne5o
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"Leah, please."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0U0NPFGx6s
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"You already apologised."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfoYeABK0q
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoIGUaOVMA
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I rub my forehead in frustration.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnpt6jjJBM
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dleelYyTk
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5HSU2VIMV
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgHxwFx7lJ
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq2HTi0EcD
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He just shrugs. 599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPoV0m6Uic
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAErphA8NJ
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyISKRAyxVR
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Why the hell not?599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ozz6ttaaJ
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJn7llU3Jp
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"Okay. Under one condition."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ77rsKbfV4
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"What?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7fVeOniOD
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"I get to charge my laptop."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuCH1FAmSU
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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).599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENkKk2Hd5t
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It actually isn't that bad.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lysOK5LLj
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"So... tell me about yourself."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp5opJiZ2P
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqByEY2Qbi
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"How did you become a photographer?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qLgNtNFmw
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVKG017B45
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXCJ0BVl3y
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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."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BHGMn8rPq
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTF0l00sVC
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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."599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2DbJpbAuX
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElbuNDKvlw
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"I know," I say with a sigh.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkDSlaRLRS
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7chE1eGCz
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF2688IWtr
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79pEblFQKA
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjfLIMnjDT
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Next time?599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLc3MRFQPiT
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUtshfGh4y
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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.599Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPBHnQSsxm
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"Friends."
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