Last night was fuckery.441Please respect copyright.PENANAj4DcBs3jHh
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAmke8Pg68wQ
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAS3iSdyJVuW
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAO3YKCALWaw
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.441Please respect copyright.PENANArHOhsHPLg8
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"Yes, dear?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAnW1cRW3zRF
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAu7AZxwJ0Xg
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.441Please respect copyright.PENANAs3wnRn7LC0
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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."441Please respect copyright.PENANAO1gBgUXuAk
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.441Please respect copyright.PENANAIp66Crc2xt
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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."441Please respect copyright.PENANAvsrJtwsY1r
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"441Please respect copyright.PENANA4S7uAezUg7
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"Yes. David Rochester."441Please respect copyright.PENANAHY9nS6pEDu
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David Rochester.441Please respect copyright.PENANAQffxhDhyor
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It just had to be him, didn't it?441Please respect copyright.PENANAMdNq5fhvOV
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Why couldn't it be someone else?441Please respect copyright.PENANAOWBWqbEGon
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Why?441Please respect copyright.PENANANv4aZ9RJ41
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?441Please respect copyright.PENANAIfjv6oO2WO
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.441Please respect copyright.PENANA0bixPqiTFH
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAkxfbtokS2o
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAUXUjJUGrPJ
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAt8cFJ6Ktdc
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.441Please respect copyright.PENANA6CMFLK1iIJ
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"How often do you go on my website?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAQqdeaLm7kb
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."441Please respect copyright.PENANAZYi9BSd62t
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.441Please respect copyright.PENANAgrFchC4NAu
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"I think I should go home."441Please respect copyright.PENANAUhs9MR5aag
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"Have dinner with me."441Please respect copyright.PENANApyCwdeVj3b
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We both say this at the same time.441Please respect copyright.PENANALozk0AggKe
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"I think I should—"441Please respect copyright.PENANAIlZIKDytEX
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"Leah, please."441Please respect copyright.PENANAscXBEVW6oH
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"You already apologised."441Please respect copyright.PENANAeHhqhtLUIs
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."441Please respect copyright.PENANA83Qqr9FDOh
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I rub my forehead in frustration.441Please respect copyright.PENANAcHbV6i2I2b
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"441Please respect copyright.PENANA1FiQb5DvZD
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."441Please respect copyright.PENANAy9MaNsEeWx
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.441Please respect copyright.PENANAmuEBuIY88O
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."441Please respect copyright.PENANA3x0jNqRMGw
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He just shrugs. 441Please respect copyright.PENANAwDZuFpGZh0
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."441Please respect copyright.PENANAM2RB0L6Y0l
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.441Please respect copyright.PENANAWFWRtdeIe5
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Why the hell not?441Please respect copyright.PENANAn8pO1ArkHL
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAWrBxbIOw2U
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"Okay. Under one condition."441Please respect copyright.PENANAnPLfu5mbsc
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"What?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAYpwzyM9zh7
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"I get to charge my laptop."441Please respect copyright.PENANAJDho7nGXbo
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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).441Please respect copyright.PENANAiWxX5goixc
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It actually isn't that bad.441Please respect copyright.PENANA7obsbprOMY
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"So... tell me about yourself."441Please respect copyright.PENANAA2Wdhsm3TU
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.441Please respect copyright.PENANAsp28ZkQZj5
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"How did you become a photographer?"441Please respect copyright.PENANANtz4NkG5uP
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.441Please respect copyright.PENANAvJVJK6spVY
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAHVSkcuqXmj
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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."441Please respect copyright.PENANAKOzvVxHaxI
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.441Please respect copyright.PENANAXuMy2dpS6H
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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."441Please respect copyright.PENANA8trPsj5B8z
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAWGguIjZyYG
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"I know," I say with a sigh.441Please respect copyright.PENANAHleHc9ikQc
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAsG0xEjULe9
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.441Please respect copyright.PENANAkJGW7W8sJU
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.441Please respect copyright.PENANAYGDRY74N24
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.441Please respect copyright.PENANAHcjIct6pWo
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Next time?441Please respect copyright.PENANAA41ShFrkTt
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAy6iBUkS66s
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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.441Please respect copyright.PENANAg4EgsNteZM
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"Friends."
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