"Who the fuck is that?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWJPNBQH3L
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBC9weJXvW
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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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9yHbraxRc
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"Another photographer," I say as nonchalantly as I can.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CIPETmIR4
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRLe8Xwvpl
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE7YmnldZw
He chuckles deep in his throat.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50YVpvycjy
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lnLJNqwnf
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7ImNqPFdG
"Ms Anderson, did I say that I wanted anyone else to come to this... gathering?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooX7L02wAv
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHM3E8IBIho
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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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbprMhnQvf
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3feAIqLEt
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpRVplY3y8
Well, so do I.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJJNxvyCXT
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXljFUn49FM
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqn2vEUe2G
"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."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpZVsw8nMj
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBAKTxpUdk
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzpcrXJr8p
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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV13qBVvfl
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7KCWW7L49
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLCu7tFanl
"Hello, Leah," he says, shaking my hand with poorly concealed enthusiasm.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEN29ruXbZL
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqdjCbH07S
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6OALT4LBQ
"Shemarré Martin. It's a pleasure to meet you."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTfjSbq0ZU
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yQAgVG8n0
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG7aYnFFXJ
His smile broadens. "Please. Call me Shem."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNRvKcqmRj
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***488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIR3bEdIWN
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As I circle the family reunion several times, taking photographs, Shem passed on whatever he felt necessary to me.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHyzNCFC23
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLPHruE84v
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjc0fDJ7XZ
"Stay in the background. Make them forget you're even there."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCtNZ7rzi4
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4t0yEe6Ok
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxd2nD9Zc1
"Candids are always better; they speak the truth."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjySc7kFuLv
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlCGCFfxx0
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZs55ykGDQn
"At events like these, the ratio of candids to posed photographs should be approximately ten to one. That should be your aim."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY1Yr4PmPv
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcpCW7kuPF
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qyMsqRJFH
Now, everyone is packing up, and Shem has to leave for his daughter's cello recital. 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBfYyZijxM
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3949tXJwsB
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDoSJTBjPV
"Um... Shem?" I say, unsure of how to phrase the question that I want to ask.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6qn1cFSTO
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRGscG7UoN
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK29AVcRr7
"Yes?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAcyjrWEEx
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7sLXmIWPV
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ54jCTeZbz
"Um... Why?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk9qEH0x1T
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXLSUMnXkb
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKvhVGKzmA
He looks at me as if I'm stupid for a few seconds.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvlS3Y43aM
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAS41KZMZv
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSz0PO3wxQ
"Huh?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedhm5SEDCs
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqqAWXf1mZ
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyXgeAqBcg
"Why did you do it? Help me? You're so busy, but you went out of your wa—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0qFattxXj
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTwgplwG60
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizfUZTALcI
"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—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCVaUKD3xW
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqhG9CSlDv
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2QvuDcIJs
"—and one in a wheelchair," I finish.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCYbJYQQXL
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLe8CqHzDnv
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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..."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QgZZOkwqs
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGiqyR4jZU
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He shrugs, and then looks at his watch. 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKA8FQRCE02
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gArCwOxKG
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdopM8RgtZ
"Shit! Kelly—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K33WJYeTt
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87cV4aHAjo
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJxuZnJjRH
"Go," I say, as he walk-runs to his car, in a desperate attempt to not miss his child's recital.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdypgRisxMl
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0GQoPbHWd
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjEX1vLNkn
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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSzuOi5Vjf
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPONTcXgjB
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***488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22m1oI586W
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488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FpF7HlSPU
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. 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUvogotbFj
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPHE5HZtPm
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijy0m9j5Gn
For the first time, I actually feel intimidated by him.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ug2kon3Ik
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh9vkO0wnw
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUui09QJ7Rs
Which means that I have to leave. Now.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBNdVMH0V6
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf6HbiVuNw
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymKnuqsVtg
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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNt6eojrKc
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxZgorZ1oS
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDqwH1VUYV
I don't have to look up to know who it is.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sBnm54mC7
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiReLarlqh
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2dGeKe94P
"I wasn't done speaking to you."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxops2YJxp
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l1xq73JUz
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL19cE6ud6
"Well, I was." With a shaking hand, I try again to close the door — and he pulls it back. Again.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc1StKtwWO
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCykd5NqTfh
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mz93Bu7pR
"I think... it would be more... polite to speak to me outside of the car. Wouldn't you agree, Ms Anderson?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQNxFvPWSt
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBby7Xgfw4
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq29QUSKsC
I gulp. "I have to go—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2CeYOnvd4
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzcfcbZbQJ
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0NosYeDYH
"I don't think you have to do shit. I think you're scared of me."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Q0m0YW2gy
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPYf8XwBWz
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlCzEoW4QB
My face heats up.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWqImcv5vt
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UzidjpKa9
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLZGrsPlue
"I am not."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqGLB8ZwUZ
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwkH8BQDWx
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDWmeTC9Sx
He smirks. He knows he just got me.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJFMalTQ94
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRCE8kmwXT
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnBlP1slnO
"Prove it."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEVyiE6QJl
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S69C7SyxA
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqSTtsaUkE
With a shaking hand, I push the door open and step out, sealing my fate.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHDFC3Wqjy
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTaYEQlAOk
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDFW7d25fW
"Much better," he says, with a look of approval.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYLFsw3oOF
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjXX9kXWGn
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWReJ3yQy6
"Fuck you," I growl, my irritation with this man getting the better of me.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7jdeCwRQ3
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZhnAWL2jm
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicqupZrW9W
He just smiles at me as if I just said the most beautiful word in the world.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGQSJaeS7t
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VsscQNMnp
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0iEZSMxGu
"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. 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxkbVQ87K0
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgJqtVI48y
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDEb7QxMQf
"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—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkOJc0fIvp
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQXDLNN2lI
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fPWgqWrd8
"I was doing my job—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlcGksQwuk
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr8BGsxwub
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rFGztxSVm
"And I get to say who can—"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpeCpEqDon
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHreA4fekbZ
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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!"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpChX6etkz
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBLhZgC2SG
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLC3XjJKqF
I push his right arm out of the way and jump into my car. He's still standing there when I drive off.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjXC6Zcb3b
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn18io0cRZ
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzSsyTuhZc
***488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPbCWx1g5b
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fLx3TU8e3
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v6eYjo6pU
Dear Leah,488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JOKYtFRaM
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTzZcnySXX
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0b3C43MwE
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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY98KK7MP8l
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeXuxEYypV
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNY5Dc7TlZ
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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOafvbKpwOt
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeXhW2aHU2
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VHibPBVUl
Sincerely,488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7riXlEU79p
David.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ixH66DrKw
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEEqdMtfzT
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtWPY1URdw
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.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJa4tMRaVA
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqkANlZdkS
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZPiI0JcEB
Briefly, I wonder what the hell his new job would be. No amount of money, however, would see me working with that asshole again.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuJymYCOeH
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnXLMrZfec
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdvjgJqXpp
The door opens before I can knock. 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1IysKOzMV
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZqZ2L7vcx
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJr56ktPA1T
"Good morning, Leah." 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EuZGEuFtZ
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVY7ZvdvEO
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaQUbLDkYd
"David."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWt8bJyo0jX
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LQ6GgBQ3H
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QLMfd9RaJ
I take the liberty to sit down on the couch, noting that my photograph now hangs beside the television. 488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZaudUoZ19
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9Ib2zacJx
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOYy2QdDC6
"Beer?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzYYQhuBNQ
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO5S0WuR5I
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHAvKEUEht
"Yeah."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIt4ei4BbA
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM1SqW6pIx
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYSbVaYwE4
And he gives it to me this time.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjAElTsuGW
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxq2wVJjUq
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiib1EE23F
He flops down in the chair perpendicular to mine, and fiddles with a piece of paper, that looks suspiciously like a cheque.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeWbwi3GdT
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9cXagyYJj
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0WgEkYCkV
"I... I just want to apologise. Again."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWw27kVaQG
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOque1tsWi
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLQa1LRCoq
"David, I really don't give a shit anymore."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVY62Yxxe9n
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmZjmV1J8j
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOolN7dd3m
He sighs, then looks up at me.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p8lcNPz7R
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5sAcxzbA1
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8PeXy7WvS
"Leah, my behaviour was unacceptable. I can be an asshole and sometimes, I don't realise it, but that's no excuse."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNpBW4gbWE
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6USyjfJU9q
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjpe8CRUFr
I'm actually surprised by the sincerity in his voice and eyes. He actually has some degree of decency. Wow.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpyzRcA7hR
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPPlAvb3kU
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PumOExA94
"I... I accept your apology David."488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1x9hNW4x9
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeC9Jjw99U
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6Vyyn6HSm
His eyes light up.488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbbsSuoBXU
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQg73pKvMR
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hZ2wE0ttT
"Really? So we're friends now?"488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQCm0xMDk0
488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCzyaeJajE
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I have to laugh humourlessly at that. Really? Friends?488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZSHYr3sHD
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488Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vTfhnwcI4
"Not even close."
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