"Who the fuck is that?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4wxsc702T
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This comes from Rochester as he watches Shemarré, a man with perhaps the most ridiculous and pretentious name that I have ever heard, walk towards where I am currently standing, surrounded by his family members.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh9w6soJYV
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"Another photographer," I say as nonchalantly as I can.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTFyv3gm0Q
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He chuckles deep in his throat.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi7ux48kh4
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"Ms Anderson, did I say that I wanted anyone else to come to this... gathering?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV58B424sG
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I have to hold back my chuckle, because I can hear the anger in his voice. This man does not like to be overruled. He enjoys getting his own way.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvF8HG7nfVZ
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Well, so do I.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKbZda6v8Q
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"David," I say, emphasising his first name just to piss him off, "you gave me a job, and I'm simply doing it. If you have certain... quirks, you should have had the decency to sit down and discuss them with me, rather than bulldozing me with demands the way you did."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7z1PG8sOVS
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I walk off, and leave Rochester with his jaw ticking and his hand shaking around his glass. I keep walking until I'm face to face with Martin.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4QHQZFSIi
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"Hello, Leah," he says, shaking my hand with poorly concealed enthusiasm.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu29WsXcqBZ
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"Shemarré Martin. It's a pleasure to meet you."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FBn3e0JEQ
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His smile broadens. "Please. Call me Shem."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrObneKmym8
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As I circle the family reunion several times, taking photographs, Shem passed on whatever he felt necessary to me.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRybtwPQfq
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"Stay in the background. Make them forget you're even there."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6AItQCvEu
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"Candids are always better; they speak the truth."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mjFKu18O6
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"At events like these, the ratio of candids to posed photographs should be approximately ten to one. That should be your aim."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTZhsQ2Ulb
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Now, everyone is packing up, and Shem has to leave for his daughter's cello recital. 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DJYZPPxjJ
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"Um... Shem?" I say, unsure of how to phrase the question that I want to ask.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iWd4glUFM
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"Yes?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbN2kMpd1i
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"Um... Why?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUB5BdNlhC
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He looks at me as if I'm stupid for a few seconds.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxt36z7OPD
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"Huh?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPdTOl1SoG
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"Why did you do it? Help me? You're so busy, but you went out of your wa—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zou28P3t1
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"I saw one of your photographs at a show two years ago. It was called 'Wheels'; a photograph of two children, playing in a meadow. One on a bicycle—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimvTFNjBxX
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"—and one in a wheelchair," I finish.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIWIfeghhy
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"Yes," he says with a smile. "They looked so... happy. I loved how... it was just not what you would expect. Wheelchairs and joy... And I knew that I had to meet you. So when your agent called..."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkVl36sOUv
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He shrugs, and then looks at his watch. 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYD9liRfVV
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"Shit! Kelly—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRUhEog80a
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"Go," I say, as he walk-runs to his car, in a desperate attempt to not miss his child's recital.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP1dhjypOZ
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I let out a shaky breath, all too aware that David Rochester has been stabbing me with his eyeballs for the past five hours, and I now have no one to protect me.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzYVQsbQ3j
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Since Shem, drove off approximately three minutes ago, David has been giving me this "you're mine now" look, with a fucking smirk, which, if I'm going to be honest, is starting to creep me the fuck out. 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVWE1fJ4CC
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For the first time, I actually feel intimidated by him.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrQgAWlauc
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Which means that I have to leave. Now.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrblzPSdFMs
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As soon as I get the chance I sprint to my car, and throw my camera bag onto the passenger seat as soon as I sit. I let out a breath that I didn't know that I was holding, and then go to close the door, which is pulled back.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WDVdPZNu4
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I don't have to look up to know who it is.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIaN92h7kI
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"I wasn't done speaking to you."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeAjxFZ0Lb
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"Well, I was." With a shaking hand, I try again to close the door — and he pulls it back. Again.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUtJTACH4S
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"I think... it would be more... polite to speak to me outside of the car. Wouldn't you agree, Ms Anderson?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtHFYS6PwX
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I gulp. "I have to go—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCFKV8lyqv
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"I don't think you have to do shit. I think you're scared of me."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmMcm5cVnJ
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My face heats up.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0Ze2hP6V1
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"I am not."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGOsD2cXDQ
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He smirks. He knows he just got me.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0d2nG4RL19
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"Prove it."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIQDBehgHP
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With a shaking hand, I push the door open and step out, sealing my fate.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4KD4N5Fgw
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"Much better," he says, with a look of approval.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWgylhgLOw
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"Fuck you," I growl, my irritation with this man getting the better of me.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnRwXPB1Cu
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He just smiles at me as if I just said the most beautiful word in the world.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfC2ZojmHC
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"Awe, I never knew that Little Ms Anderson was a potty mouth," he says, caging me in against the car making me feel so... small. 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzKZJqWt2P
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"Now let me explain something to you," he says dangerously low, his lips against my ear, "when I give instructions, I want them followed. I don't strangers showing up at my events—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrMA3BX2WP
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"I was doing my job—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbklBEZA2Jn
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"And I get to say who can—"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg2LBAPpKD
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"Then don't ask me to do shit for you again! You're so fucking demanding! You can't even wait until the next morning for an answer, and I can't bring anyone along? Fuck you!"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9QCpGN2l3
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I push his right arm out of the way and jump into my car. He's still standing there when I drive off.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡru5TFVG3cL
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Dear Leah,556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgSB31lrV3
556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPQPVKwYRo
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I sincerely apologise for my prick-ish behaviour towards you over the period of time which I have known you. I can't promise that I will behave, but I can promise that I will try.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sjXNkEftg
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I have your cheque prepared — I will be home all day today, so just come by and pick it up. If you want to have nothing to do with me, I completely understand.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkPFQOCVm9
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Sincerely,556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQhccqSWz2
David.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgwwspVbCR
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Please note that this is a textmessage that I received from David Rochester at 3:57 a.m. this morning, a text that woke me the fuck up, and the only reason why I am going to his apartment at 9 a.m. on this lovely Saturday is because he has my money.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSACvJuVlc
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Briefly, I wonder what the hell his new job would be. No amount of money, however, would see me working with that asshole again.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5VuuoDY0p
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The door opens before I can knock. 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPZ3RYJ26Q
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"Good morning, Leah." 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hN4GT9NZA
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"David."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwG9Sl1U7Lf
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I take the liberty to sit down on the couch, noting that my photograph now hangs beside the television. 556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWASiLvxLf
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"Beer?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTlschKk0g
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"Yeah."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCjCvx0fyl
556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KpcWzH1q1
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And he gives it to me this time.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxFr9XZPuI
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He flops down in the chair perpendicular to mine, and fiddles with a piece of paper, that looks suspiciously like a cheque.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09lWgxUbKI
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"I... I just want to apologise. Again."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVIs4LEDEl
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"David, I really don't give a shit anymore."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkPOECSmgF
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He sighs, then looks up at me.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pWiIo6cGB
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"Leah, my behaviour was unacceptable. I can be an asshole and sometimes, I don't realise it, but that's no excuse."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi2SZN92ag
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I'm actually surprised by the sincerity in his voice and eyes. He actually has some degree of decency. Wow.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4VCAQQKyq
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"I... I accept your apology David."556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYr9EQPWF8
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His eyes light up.556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHN7oG5tb5z
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"Really? So we're friends now?"556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8DKs51l9V
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I have to laugh humourlessly at that. Really? Friends?556Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVmNjj6cV5
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"Not even close."
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