Last night was fuckery.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY1QgJSj6x
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyKvbJ4eTz
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7saRpHNyR8
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Iek3TMIJy
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvKO2rEuus
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"Yes, dear?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlyU3xXyDc
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlFQHXavqw
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqldbGFlGy
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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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpVyBIvons
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe9igpeALa
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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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkZq1tkWgm
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbDVEIzUNi
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"Yes. David Rochester."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqAKYBuWLE
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David Rochester.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXd8vLpRGQs
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It just had to be him, didn't it?539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1NyuRs6ir
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Why couldn't it be someone else?539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKzMLp9PaZ
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Why?539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEw9LRBq0p
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbqsU8WPBH
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQHb23gJmu
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONiLeAHoTw
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLyfO5EJA2
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqr1fyMNKa
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBXLvYWbL6
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"How often do you go on my website?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6LUdqatOL
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzsB3vXzAa
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMqrNtEG8a
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"I think I should go home."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoF3iOHswK
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"Have dinner with me."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTD0EXGYt5
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We both say this at the same time.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3T53jkaBX
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"I think I should—"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJkC8G8S6n
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"Leah, please."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfiyo9rR2s
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"You already apologised."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TWQRXZwwJ
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinWbIjoh9I
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I rub my forehead in frustration.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpJxUFplN7
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFaRrN6KcG
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8R0tNIqua
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1b2m5pJBz
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNlh2Gt904
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He just shrugs. 539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrozLJlYIsP
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULLD0FLB9T
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYprpFBWb1
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Why the hell not?539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84t2Wiv83W
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBjNifFmvo
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"Okay. Under one condition."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvhiabhZQM
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"What?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7zymcnZ1o
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"I get to charge my laptop."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmi4irCveW
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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).539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6hfod3nJE
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It actually isn't that bad.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlPu2Qxy3m
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"So... tell me about yourself."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP20bEbmA69
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwS4pmBvZG6
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"How did you become a photographer?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvM2eqKzW3y
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ447luQnIXR
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI0kF15Uet
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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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A4m5nc3HB
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTWJopVoB8
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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."539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrONecL5eEr
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjRrwzhGYY
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"I know," I say with a sigh.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfkLlCRmbI
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp8pJJYUaw
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaiuKIstsb
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnqBwVMuIv
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49CRbvIYEV
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Next time?539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvP3nTzacCq
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckWzLgi1pC
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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.539Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs05FGszz1
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"Friends."
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