"Who the fuck is that?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCppJillVGs
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03L1RaRHPX
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"Another photographer," I say as nonchalantly as I can.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZymKvNRKs5
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He chuckles deep in his throat.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufbWWpHWbY
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"Ms Anderson, did I say that I wanted anyone else to come to this... gathering?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfNgxOnmQu
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL8cB6rtCj
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Well, so do I.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnmXtucAa5
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"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGRMzXoICH
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhM1LlId2n
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"Hello, Leah," he says, shaking my hand with poorly concealed enthusiasm.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwT2EqjryD
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"Shemarré Martin. It's a pleasure to meet you."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp6wwkXq8m
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His smile broadens. "Please. Call me Shem."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZg2UXe4Zz
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***482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG58DCJkfCD
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As I circle the family reunion several times, taking photographs, Shem passed on whatever he felt necessary to me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleT38Bgtfd
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"Stay in the background. Make them forget you're even there."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEn6Ae5ITT
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"Candids are always better; they speak the truth."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgTFiv9bNr
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"At events like these, the ratio of candids to posed photographs should be approximately ten to one. That should be your aim."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhVHN1aZnu
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Now, everyone is packing up, and Shem has to leave for his daughter's cello recital. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmKZzr4XcH
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"Um... Shem?" I say, unsure of how to phrase the question that I want to ask.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1VNoZaZLo
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"Yes?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36WWRWQAGv
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"Um... Why?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaivCSCbxMj
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He looks at me as if I'm stupid for a few seconds.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NHWO8FUD8
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"Huh?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9eIBA2nUy
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"Why did you do it? Help me? You're so busy, but you went out of your wa—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IYbHMoquR
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"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—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbZX2d063M
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"—and one in a wheelchair," I finish.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5WISq8Zbp
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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..."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEklVECMzyb
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He shrugs, and then looks at his watch. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYIBqb16hO
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"Shit! Kelly—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnMhsc8eek
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"Go," I say, as he walk-runs to his car, in a desperate attempt to not miss his child's recital.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNML4IPoahM
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfYQV1Lp7z
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***482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGZikwAILr
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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. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdiCX3lzOI
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For the first time, I actually feel intimidated by him.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0S4gNQMj1
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Which means that I have to leave. Now.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIYUpv1EKG
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRWf1Ker8a
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I don't have to look up to know who it is.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡospSTGPtFU
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"I wasn't done speaking to you."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uTkx9MuZi
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"Well, I was." With a shaking hand, I try again to close the door — and he pulls it back. Again.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSM5kZqSam
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"I think... it would be more... polite to speak to me outside of the car. Wouldn't you agree, Ms Anderson?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbswIbvdWz
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I gulp. "I have to go—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtmLMtgVx9
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtJ3oNNqhu
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"I don't think you have to do shit. I think you're scared of me."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyP7RVkTkq
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My face heats up.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6wuxEQo0W
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"I am not."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiTUCMXFuz
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He smirks. He knows he just got me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02dRkhBcJa
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"Prove it."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAV1kKhT6T
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With a shaking hand, I push the door open and step out, sealing my fate.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4QxUNuNGy
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"Much better," he says, with a look of approval.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwQaMP2Yl4
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"Fuck you," I growl, my irritation with this man getting the better of me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaJgQ9Xd4q
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He just smiles at me as if I just said the most beautiful word in the world.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINp2Bn4eNV
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"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. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwPNQRCrLH
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"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—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylCw3OaH6t
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"I was doing my job—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIp10VfCQi
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"And I get to say who can—"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugcZBlLprm
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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!"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9zEj2G3Uf
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I push his right arm out of the way and jump into my car. He's still standing there when I drive off.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmigxjq4gx0
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***482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYsfU0g1RM
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Dear Leah,482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrobv5fXYXW
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxCycBz7vN
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcemqigWt5I
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Sincerely,482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqGm1awHjU
David.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjot7TUyQAR
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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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQQQXvpxfm
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Briefly, I wonder what the hell his new job would be. No amount of money, however, would see me working with that asshole again.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjYpfbgj9e
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The door opens before I can knock. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfblCPz3TgV
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"Good morning, Leah." 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeXLxfSNIl
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"David."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn1ivrbdZJ
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I take the liberty to sit down on the couch, noting that my photograph now hangs beside the television. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFUXZAhTd1
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"Beer?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfAluZuErK
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"Yeah."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3JdqzUvEy
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jg85MqHiD
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And he gives it to me this time.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6D0ieSSwo
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He flops down in the chair perpendicular to mine, and fiddles with a piece of paper, that looks suspiciously like a cheque.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxrCBlHYaz
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"I... I just want to apologise. Again."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmOOnDz3NO
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"David, I really don't give a shit anymore."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eJC2VPIle
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He sighs, then looks up at me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzgOE6cQSl
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"Leah, my behaviour was unacceptable. I can be an asshole and sometimes, I don't realise it, but that's no excuse."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfGCh0k7wV
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I'm actually surprised by the sincerity in his voice and eyes. He actually has some degree of decency. Wow.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaF069uhSU
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"I... I accept your apology David."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdk8G18y8SG
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His eyes light up.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Xw4PetCxT
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"Really? So we're friends now?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz03Cw0Puoa
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I have to laugh humourlessly at that. Really? Friends?482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpR24OjCHD
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"Not even close."
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