Last night was fuckery.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfdutfKmPB
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEfjqwjqP2
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIewDZUs5I
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5NVEaoZYL
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cwnk7AAJs
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"Yes, dear?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJr2DfheQn
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VF123YFUq
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGy2b1lGz2w
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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."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPDWnClaCt
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkwMcIN7ka
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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."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7oKM5QpqG
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zjNiGfhWi
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"Yes. David Rochester."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSejpOOyU9K
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David Rochester.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCIJoqz4kz
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It just had to be him, didn't it?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGazx6a8Iui
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Why couldn't it be someone else?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1GEXtIRf5
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Why?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCtHey0Gzu
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqbCdImxIK
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeumrqe1LdY
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4ZcvZwbY7
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq5A5rr6mQ
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcM8Ywi4zIP
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpftBSyCB72
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"How often do you go on my website?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoXR3Ml6xj
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKWNJ6uEbr
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjQQ7fG2J0
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"I think I should go home."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqjwDnKHYU
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"Have dinner with me."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEBc7BztwH
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We both say this at the same time.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbQvP5QjCF
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"I think I should—"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVyiKmAQEy
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"Leah, please."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7uYSNpNX9
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"You already apologised."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYaRMW7Vvi
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELIgOA2WgY
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I rub my forehead in frustration.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk08IIHMRG
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24k6tHdtpN
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17WiwGclsz
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRgdMYAFV7
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOWKz9DsfC
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He just shrugs. 541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9CQGENv4B
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgAU1zYQI2
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyhfWnHDuv
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Why the hell not?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2pCLvscJ4
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQEgSvIhXC
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"Okay. Under one condition."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAPngWV1pL
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"What?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6b3imGnVs
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"I get to charge my laptop."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PuWSpxkou
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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).541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceMHwKwvVU
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It actually isn't that bad.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQf2noJxN6
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"So... tell me about yourself."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2ToWlSpBs
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNVvgE79AY
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"How did you become a photographer?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFBAUziRMb
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIRqxDxJHZ
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdNoYafEuS
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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."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjykCKClG6z
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9sLSHQfMc
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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."541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrSzNhUQLG
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgbnSDrAbN
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"I know," I say with a sigh.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUXbtCwMqJ
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ166ptQa0x9
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaE25vd5nU
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLYe4AFCLA
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydX7aBv7ZH
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Next time?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52PVr0wSZV
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tLpv7uVrB
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbILUhPLwZ4
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"Friends."
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