Last night was fuckery.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Xl8UXnBY5
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaecp2w6iG
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jS2zgd7Ur
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5wbK2jvUi
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWpQ4MskC4
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"Yes, dear?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxNw3R9SBw
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E6c9wKcI8
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG7DU63dzn
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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."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgCbMxRLO7
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnE1M9rfIj
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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."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADU98ueAaG
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwaYURsRZI
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"Yes. David Rochester."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgEcRAIGRw
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David Rochester.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVi58FraTL
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It just had to be him, didn't it?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY6VbXOt1G
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Why couldn't it be someone else?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0pRXnOwRo
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Why?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkum3FXuQeb
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIhvGCNrhB
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1ROSqpoKV
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpidLPHFkE
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZiDuf8f95
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TpTv1SuE8
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2koK77YMi
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"How often do you go on my website?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEko5ipLD4O
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLNEPYucK0
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NqZ4fCwbg
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"I think I should go home."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdH4l08RtS
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"Have dinner with me."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4ZN92fG09
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We both say this at the same time.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9u0eXLnUQp
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"I think I should—"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEya8FPc1M
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"Leah, please."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBgC4G1iQt
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"You already apologised."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPy5BnXqoV
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLcvz51mIE
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I rub my forehead in frustration.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlfjSlzcp6
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZaelfIiD3
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Drs0Sqaol
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJUfd0hHrk
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI3SJpQ9YA
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He just shrugs. 595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPClvyVNpyo
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTA0Fa83r9
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwHO5gP4sb
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Why the hell not?595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FzbjGjyXn
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLXEKDjo0g
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"Okay. Under one condition."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUzgKxNpbY
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"What?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcb2AYuD9F
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"I get to charge my laptop."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEJYhAsQW7
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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).595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTk6LuLYT3
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It actually isn't that bad.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZctRlXcXvz
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"So... tell me about yourself."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9SVNP5iP0
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i70uqdKzu
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"How did you become a photographer?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF9R7OwCUj
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XSpz8MtcV
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiT64QED1S
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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."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoGdTycZpS
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRH1f1kByB
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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."595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6gezNsNS2
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxh2pc9YRJ
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"I know," I say with a sigh.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSp4ZRyFaLr
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvJpmO2wyG
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9Sre5bXCg
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUP1WGp7B0q
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZHm3U2f3a
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbck2L0qmii
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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.595Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ2WCEi7p2
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"Friends."
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