Last night was fuckery.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k2Faz5WwF
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMXIWw7U7Z
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoHjxArGzn
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWb6iXqYfh
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhpvB8iYyz
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"Yes, dear?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NJYtYfdUq
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XxcvwuLwC
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5y1MAGoGw
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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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdTdXxII8k
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEhVW9ouCW
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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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmbFGsr1od
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvKDs7lUFr
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"Yes. David Rochester."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMV9kH3us1
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David Rochester.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj62lRFy3C9
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It just had to be him, didn't it?592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZC036C5HQf
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Why couldn't it be someone else?592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcb6iHpF3N
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Why?592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXlU1MBJsM
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EEjIWK1Xn
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Y9pkKMDIh
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5o84xS6ya1
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG72yMsOMvL
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkcVrA2IxU
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD4wgMbHXa
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"How often do you go on my website?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3LgCaQceU
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkF21JJaQz
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHKZZmI0mi
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"I think I should go home."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtLlEZsAJU
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"Have dinner with me."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNEM9L1EWO
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We both say this at the same time.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2GublZqnu
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"I think I should—"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcxHQXvWJQ
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"Leah, please."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJENE146Mbq
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"You already apologised."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SvS67o1XO
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnD2txpYrqw
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I rub my forehead in frustration.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMQy9tXtfo
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UPH7Dde8J
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYkf6X9NCb
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMjyj0V7Ji
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqdadMGnXw
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He just shrugs. 592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd0c18fRAN
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LZNe2NiRx
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLVlpFSFy7
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Why the hell not?592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP9pCaFn8a
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIhgbyZwoq
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"Okay. Under one condition."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwyuOTHq9r
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"What?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs64XYzMOCV
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"I get to charge my laptop."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSMEC4XZM8
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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).592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0tGobdwLG
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It actually isn't that bad.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7BSNOq8CT
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"So... tell me about yourself."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLDPNEsGGT
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFM2gjLbb1
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"How did you become a photographer?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW9BbLMwwh
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpuqIpfhGP
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVHyJd48Zo
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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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNOCrHa9eD
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpJV025oKb
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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."592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB4ALqNp7x
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeohyq7DWOn
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"I know," I say with a sigh.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWTDK0DvAV
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNU9ly85Bb
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TEVBHuklo
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dyra2bFtw
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCU7sxp1Zi7
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPklVBXMRwB
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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.592Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNltuEAxEue
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"Friends."
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