Last night was fuckery.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA038GR1JO
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpjslzC8Lu
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzDQrtBi54
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuIuxswpgQ
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQz8oOfRAp
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"Yes, dear?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OVUqRbzHj
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZgMiHPIl6
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWopajdizGy
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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."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPBLWqOUrx
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBf3nKSIOsp
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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."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGXA59Aahw
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsTGOzHGOS
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"Yes. David Rochester."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEPv0471de
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David Rochester.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJZvu3zvHy
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It just had to be him, didn't it?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zGMSKZTKa
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Why couldn't it be someone else?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MaGQAbSVr
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Why?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYIYz4wlaR
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliI7YDdBZr
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ37Bix56s
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSabtiFEk7
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYFdWde2NV
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmuGONxEaW
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWL7BS03xx
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"How often do you go on my website?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc49yti5e2
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1WkZqkOlT
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxdBsu5umN
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"I think I should go home."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPz0c3eK0M
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"Have dinner with me."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2fzMToEZE
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We both say this at the same time.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnK1ITRmKU
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"I think I should—"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLypS9VfvmL
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"Leah, please."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g6YP4pSyI
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"You already apologised."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzlCkuIWIF
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfQgInLz0S
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I rub my forehead in frustration.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbYMfyDKnJ
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JP9SyAZOx
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMytDIypUA
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFN1rAmfEUT
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XipqTccqa
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He just shrugs. 568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVELFZNOEFG
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcw8I4Iw08c
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rdiY6ZPEq
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Why the hell not?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBED6R0cOGr
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKzu7SUK5p
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"Okay. Under one condition."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejo0FOl0ng
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"What?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSCTGQgVWo
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"I get to charge my laptop."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5T1e6njOw
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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).568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDglRkEpBk
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It actually isn't that bad.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pgZHfmzVX
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"So... tell me about yourself."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPfXQCMA1W
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0PNBK7Lio
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"How did you become a photographer?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI9EWhaLNj
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7mIgWQu2b
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBb0hJL1NV
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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."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf5rPtrqhs
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK8QDvI6eN
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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."568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxL7Xx0x2Y
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwfl6OQP3v
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"I know," I say with a sigh.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzv3tDdDkGw
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTrDKxndMD
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjCTLL9Wow
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY4fND4cBQ
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI4aMMhx89
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Next time?568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchqm17Pbcn
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUc6cluimB
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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.568Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtN6pevPJX
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"Friends."
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