Last night was fuckery.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgt6IXTCBxl
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymYGOv0BuA
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXT74dRSMo
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84MN8zdtPI
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6COnfmzEx
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"Yes, dear?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmif1ZShxZT
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9kNMj2gQz
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7XMLIFGMt
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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."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFSaP7TdBI
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHVszxbx4O
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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."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnPWGefft7
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNj4Vp7CvwO
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"Yes. David Rochester."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB4IgJIkAc
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David Rochester.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9G8TnBXyU
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It just had to be him, didn't it?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53koDjC0we
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Why couldn't it be someone else?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnGCWzA8bp
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Why?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy0uSpKVtG
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxNY7pRghP
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjE3vpec7K
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHknjLVl22r
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYQVqvVgB2
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47RyahQSvO
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAvtYtla7T
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"How often do you go on my website?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1MKaFsW4U
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gscSfreNp
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eIZqftKX8
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"I think I should go home."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqQieWyiOi
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"Have dinner with me."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC91Lfmc57q
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We both say this at the same time.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP3R3qoAyC
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"I think I should—"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxj47MqA8HK
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"Leah, please."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEgtj1qDgl
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"You already apologised."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5poP8Z8dA0
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxR8A1r6Jn
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I rub my forehead in frustration.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3lc9AaOmY
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0xp565u3O
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIiobV2t28
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGa2I2eL7qr
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGoaVmgUx1
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He just shrugs. 498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnZt0ArWur
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAoqh4NBVb
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqy907oONf
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Why the hell not?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9ZHyQBugY
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvpJcYyeUd
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"Okay. Under one condition."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIEzcJx5b3
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"What?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GkhfX8DCB
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"I get to charge my laptop."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGUe9tsgpQ
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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).498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sXats3WAS
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It actually isn't that bad.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDSa2CfEa5
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"So... tell me about yourself."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQhloNE4fS
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNEKiPlXpM
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"How did you become a photographer?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvXpOtmJU2
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwGNMaeIGQ
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HjPSjjSwe
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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."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmk04vxzzm
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbis0cmdLO
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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."498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcFyQVn3Ch
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71fMiOLAZ9
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"I know," I say with a sigh.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGB3lC8Qj8K
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3reRl1cwB
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeGugTciwu
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFjQ3NCB0X
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxN5hP71Xp
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Next time?498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOB9AXSIQJ
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFAZp9Fkwe
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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.498Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjODO7eUdA
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"Friends."
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