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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpPwCCZS5R
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn33AGLVvv
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4WUNDm144
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9he8Cftm0h
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"Yes, dear?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMWsMXbSWh
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67Bl175E28
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKZo3geb3q
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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."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw07XUq19fu
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WtpVG5vZf
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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."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSIM5jcq6f
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KHpYV3Rsr
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"Yes. David Rochester."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhqkBt3JxE
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David Rochester.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHV02cP6zp
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It just had to be him, didn't it?503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFqpe4Cl52
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Why couldn't it be someone else?503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1VoG49mJb
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Why?503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRAdvpMa3c
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkPgNY7JiX
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCFriiGBRX
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBGW3iWrVP
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kqVht2f7u
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4AdoHVOpP
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgSQrT8Y9T
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"How often do you go on my website?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJOlgiE0rO
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7eDp9a3Uy
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8q9qgr51R
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"I think I should go home."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXafwNrYI13
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"Have dinner with me."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCLItzaheA
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We both say this at the same time.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kxMoCqpaa
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"I think I should—"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa63vgNwKiH
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"Leah, please."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqkPhjRj50
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"You already apologised."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDP1BlHcBG9
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDqMO7HHPB
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I rub my forehead in frustration.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBtqGXmELX
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV21Vs8iKmZ
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59sVbI5Tm3
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3kfmtaBS2
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiMKdcq4Yo
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He just shrugs. 503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA84aWXI40d
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfUVIMnC1D
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEZ0YCMaEu
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Why the hell not?503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00pDpKFCPO
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AM1uDTo9N
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"Okay. Under one condition."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUeSnLOSpc
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"What?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8omq7eiXc
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"I get to charge my laptop."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJHgPN9wsh
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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).503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zQzrDqZHi
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It actually isn't that bad.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwtjUpV3GF
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"So... tell me about yourself."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0t54QMFpEm
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftN0Xp0l1x
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"How did you become a photographer?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0jpjJhy1o
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ9Eb5JAO4
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72oxRynd8s
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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."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClfeHcb7B9
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlufEbEdp63
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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."503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOedcWBJXin
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrhAR3cyV5
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"I know," I say with a sigh.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeebBCwtYXr
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWEGpHXYlt
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3kkfCopGL
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeW34WMtJa
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5j79X4JwD
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwFOaPchxH
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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.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CNpg1Fzz8
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"Friends."
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