Last night was fuckery.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhoGKPsZSz
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WcgjXac0q
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4GPJtHH8y
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3bikxHaC0
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tZ3M905UG
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"Yes, dear?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg95B0b70z
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJSqWNTApP
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtXsWvcJb4
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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."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2BptSvIDf
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJkzmQyC0x
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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."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuSTBXM7j7
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9AQ7X7uLi
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"Yes. David Rochester."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o8F8YYdzj
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David Rochester.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bNs1tmZf9
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It just had to be him, didn't it?591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡez3HXCUqGA
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Why couldn't it be someone else?591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLrmgEjagC
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Why?591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuzPbqmVOB
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagkCJytnsI
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmPBty9Tp9
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiX6QFpbXK
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOTojrnqnN
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq6kBlck9A
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1jzr5wVVA
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"How often do you go on my website?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzGSC0KPCm
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0aPwmI44Q
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaBBzKobfc
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"I think I should go home."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0G5Fpum7KZ
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"Have dinner with me."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1JWUdl4Pc
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We both say this at the same time.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2NFvm2Uck
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"I think I should—"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMisLdGG6DI
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"Leah, please."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuPCFuoq5O
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"You already apologised."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBt9V5JcGa
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCz0t42aP0
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I rub my forehead in frustration.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6xlbBCWpx
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbzQxGwHv6
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmAh9NK0or
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eyYqCyVRT
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zyV9vGNRQ
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He just shrugs. 591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5E6g47aPxL
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXL35AhRCv
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6Tmu7kNNg
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Why the hell not?591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTtBrkd21z
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIZfrIPIHB
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"Okay. Under one condition."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5jUguTy63
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"What?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3jawurjdF
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"I get to charge my laptop."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vaKDyBUPw
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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).591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc0mGtqeZk
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It actually isn't that bad.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqETTeBlbE
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"So... tell me about yourself."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAN2tbFVs8
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm58WTo7MMM
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"How did you become a photographer?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qtnE1kiOj
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2WUYtvAxh
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKddYvd5dM
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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."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiy9DEcU9I
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvhHJyrtQA
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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."591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAmW5eOGFW
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi64Ctw1qO
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"I know," I say with a sigh.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzINVNQHd4
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdQNF2gfPM
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqB0FnN7Lr
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ3f3G7IbK
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8XmzGBAUv
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFj76INNqf
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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.591Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQz6tDKjGb
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"Friends."
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