Last night was fuckery.449Please respect copyright.PENANALS3arEfFCQ
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAQQ4F5mdc7C
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANACiAyIZdEnW
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAf1IOFzouNQ
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.449Please respect copyright.PENANA672PgnQYKJ
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"Yes, dear?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAqGWxVyi2kE
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAF7HdWPX4gm
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.449Please respect copyright.PENANAoGZZkiohpV
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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."449Please respect copyright.PENANA58HTFgs9LQ
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.449Please respect copyright.PENANAYEnIVySUgb
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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."449Please respect copyright.PENANAW376ClhV8H
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAopTBbkjkWu
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"Yes. David Rochester."449Please respect copyright.PENANABoExAFBtuV
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David Rochester.449Please respect copyright.PENANAbuOpto15jk
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It just had to be him, didn't it?449Please respect copyright.PENANAJJVNE9rOPT
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Why couldn't it be someone else?449Please respect copyright.PENANAW6JHorwTfw
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Why?449Please respect copyright.PENANALV6bfChvKn
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?449Please respect copyright.PENANAxYEugJTdVT
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.449Please respect copyright.PENANAQNVAcKLGZc
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAbLd9rgXdgw
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAuAxS3CN92p
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANABCJ8DTU38T
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.449Please respect copyright.PENANA3GcjwhkZUl
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"How often do you go on my website?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAmhP5yQDojB
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."449Please respect copyright.PENANAYUhn01iPQa
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.449Please respect copyright.PENANATsJM1gEkS0
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"I think I should go home."449Please respect copyright.PENANACJyzbCfQWL
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"Have dinner with me."449Please respect copyright.PENANAPleT3fVeVf
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We both say this at the same time.449Please respect copyright.PENANAiyQt72bACi
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"I think I should—"449Please respect copyright.PENANARJFAsDSfQP
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"Leah, please."449Please respect copyright.PENANAPcy2H7Dzr6
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"You already apologised."449Please respect copyright.PENANAAPwY50rrMp
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."449Please respect copyright.PENANAnyu9qWledW
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I rub my forehead in frustration.449Please respect copyright.PENANAguI0huxuNa
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAu1RsS3NEL1
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."449Please respect copyright.PENANAaGaAbJVq4m
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.449Please respect copyright.PENANAfZIJuAwQcm
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."449Please respect copyright.PENANAxiJayZvs3i
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He just shrugs. 449Please respect copyright.PENANA8CBB6v7sKv
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."449Please respect copyright.PENANAR4i8rqPvKI
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.449Please respect copyright.PENANA8etz1sq8UR
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Why the hell not?449Please respect copyright.PENANAxYtLtJ5pUE
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAVDXMr8jolg
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"Okay. Under one condition."449Please respect copyright.PENANAeTIhV2LMJ5
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"What?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAm1m9Sv86qL
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"I get to charge my laptop."449Please respect copyright.PENANAr90dwvSoWJ
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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).449Please respect copyright.PENANAelvUXj3aMh
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It actually isn't that bad.449Please respect copyright.PENANABr9RxWXNdf
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"So... tell me about yourself."449Please respect copyright.PENANA2qmsuzgPbu
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.449Please respect copyright.PENANAIhe61zmVXD
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"How did you become a photographer?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAXCdYtcHbdn
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.449Please respect copyright.PENANAbvECwRXGYt
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAXKjBYNCpgl
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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."449Please respect copyright.PENANAfYzut57EMk
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.449Please respect copyright.PENANAKwDeyBDROn
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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."449Please respect copyright.PENANA7ej7caHHIa
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAFiybcDCtwv
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"I know," I say with a sigh.449Please respect copyright.PENANAiXhfOUek6i
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANAwjv98cIfXo
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.449Please respect copyright.PENANAX5bohaLQWV
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.449Please respect copyright.PENANA9VD1Z0g2Vp
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.449Please respect copyright.PENANA8oAK7EYooa
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Next time?449Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9hHtqwNGF
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"449Please respect copyright.PENANAJcz0IPb2ye
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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.449Please respect copyright.PENANA2MsflSTidL
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"Friends."
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