Last night was fuckery.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgHvtAX9od
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKzRfM6K1K
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8lsMxXnpO
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPYAb1EuDg
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGLvHA0X57
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"Yes, dear?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8HdnPqj6x
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG423KshgyA
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVTrN6APc7
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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."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMIyP4WXt9
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqdscdVXDe
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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."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AsGXIeaab
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILeXeSAG3O
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"Yes. David Rochester."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvcacyFmPn
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David Rochester.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGRcghgr2a
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It just had to be him, didn't it?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pd5m9nZCK
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Why couldn't it be someone else?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30MvBbGjg4
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Why?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPuqL69EN8
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyI902qVw2h
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq7R5E3ja3
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdctEH22Ji
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm85qMRVOT
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSu4LpK20q
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi2tyyStBj
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"How often do you go on my website?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg98GqQhD0e
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7xVCTQQcQ
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAY5OQEBcX
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"I think I should go home."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQow79E94c
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"Have dinner with me."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBo2RU7OEn
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We both say this at the same time.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74fymVwgS6
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"I think I should—"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpt9Ga64m4
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"Leah, please."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtDaeCtxD8
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"You already apologised."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbUjAtF6bb
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1y573OCTh
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I rub my forehead in frustration.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGoNfhgEU3
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyrMiPhrVZ
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFh7Q38JJM
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjWSXUz0oA
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QMFMGeVJU
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He just shrugs. 627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYylFpJdHAo
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wMaFtACOJ
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9cvl2wKoV
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Why the hell not?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpIkVPKxcs
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9V4e9E8fO
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"Okay. Under one condition."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn135vR1wm
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"What?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKA0lPfUa1F
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"I get to charge my laptop."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtclZUTkvW
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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).627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNSxxMc3fb
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It actually isn't that bad.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnQJf4Qz0u
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"So... tell me about yourself."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi2UL7lXiU
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6ge0qOL1C
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"How did you become a photographer?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70ccNAeDzw
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3w0dmIUyU
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zdteQR1Lv
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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."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafqkeYCH1n
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDACTGc7CxM
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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."627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a63rqE0Uq
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxk1IU0t77
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"I know," I say with a sigh.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbESGJihF7X
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTDwXQvRGY
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRcqgqgCq8
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoOo52ilsF
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tr7n2Lg0A
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Next time?627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ81wQKNThH
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXj7nUdktB
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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.627Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBhypdUiKP
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"Friends."
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