Last night was fuckery.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd3MDqrKlq
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrBvsEhlAz
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4i40aiAkd
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE23ZUJ1dbZ
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmF66Kzr2r
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"Yes, dear?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvm8cioxIl
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ3XHZy7pW
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IF7HTr7s8
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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."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNewBsQbIR
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pysi1wBoW
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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."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP0UgsHuvd
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qcRChpXn2
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"Yes. David Rochester."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLIFg3WS8d
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David Rochester.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU4lk6IyeJ
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It just had to be him, didn't it?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtvFvE5WBU
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Why couldn't it be someone else?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4tl7WtHhG
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Why?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wcpoDVbIc
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6bMDViMcq
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOgymKNJFb
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopcWUU0rCD
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsyECgLLlI
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1rLAawR7s
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpU2zZsXKDK
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"How often do you go on my website?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyPirfFasa
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rI3HShArk
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXWyJSZpaa
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"I think I should go home."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNW0OM7EFyE
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"Have dinner with me."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEhCFR3b9w
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We both say this at the same time.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEDK9ll3yN
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"I think I should—"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjFXQXGuQ5
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"Leah, please."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxAzRvMN4w
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"You already apologised."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfIlYnJu1E
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreXpoEzyEN
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I rub my forehead in frustration.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4QydntmKy
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmssTQlOSSx
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjariupmGQ7
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTODGVkMnk
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkcbEDOkcX
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He just shrugs. 585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchRXZz9Rxs
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZluI3DY0Wo
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ6wsYuJi8
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Why the hell not?585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpIxqN80Pv
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NUAQ5pWms
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"Okay. Under one condition."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9VSjFaEro
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"What?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9XpzMJcL5
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"I get to charge my laptop."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4yE4ItXR5
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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).585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoWezIKbvm
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It actually isn't that bad.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ki51FKLq9
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"So... tell me about yourself."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECTXRAiPiR
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i3zv1Z9im
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"How did you become a photographer?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmiQMkIFUE
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs1Pm7zgHb
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtLoc2Qoex
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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."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEpTVDOnaO
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkvXcVJ7zU
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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."585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWO19Q4FLE
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeigga5stP6
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"I know," I say with a sigh.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6d3CfeVXhI
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtYF6dw9bi
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpViTzNx6Ak
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jrMTCAxdu
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiBKaFP7zl
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8DghpFa2R
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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.585Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOWiGXSZv2
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"Friends."
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