Last night was fuckery.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBfTMXqhpU
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqxa3alO7R
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDfx8NVYSK
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPH2PVAcOX
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjqL0cFZW8
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"Yes, dear?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffvhLrCWBk
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriLmNIxEWH
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdid99UqiR
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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."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqF7ErZUGP
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX32PZKcHQq
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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."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSN6JZ8a2i
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkgAXV4YrS
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"Yes. David Rochester."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIj4HAGi2mr
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David Rochester.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbyzTIwVBx
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It just had to be him, didn't it?617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWpxsfZ3pH
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Why couldn't it be someone else?617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LwncAAfP3
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Why?617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf13psUlxxq
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2mdD7ZbvR
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFcmpzEDIy
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyK3qG86E7
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0wBoA6iTH
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBarCRaWJl
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfVx86TuUJ
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"How often do you go on my website?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRgIAjUIe2
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs7H87l0U6
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXROdHeYAv
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"I think I should go home."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08w3slyizc
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"Have dinner with me."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS55TCNbW8
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We both say this at the same time.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhuOYAOvdf
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"I think I should—"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ601cHPiclw
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"Leah, please."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfSSCdsBXo
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"You already apologised."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrzJIaq1LS
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeaZvqwiNG
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I rub my forehead in frustration.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpKHGH9ooX
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3XweTyFf1
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9PWguqw2E
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQBxzy2eav
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF8I4238LK
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He just shrugs. 617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡginIAAixiZ
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVRmom1mtm
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXOjSQgXo7
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Why the hell not?617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VTeoWVSyQ
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64bqZuNrq2
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"Okay. Under one condition."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvSROkQ6eU
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"What?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGiScxf2co
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"I get to charge my laptop."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSXuit3yk0
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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).617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPTZR5RdZh
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It actually isn't that bad.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmTPLWM1MY
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"So... tell me about yourself."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08NxQiFKvr
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TCgnDrrZa
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"How did you become a photographer?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVClGJ28auF
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaNPoAXw4T
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtdFrOhroN
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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."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVNsZhj9Hk
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4gt6EqSOD
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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."617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7ZZpqdOX3
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2N9nDk8pR
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"I know," I say with a sigh.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFNNVCBFCT
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyjtV8t5FD
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjO6e8CwLg
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZJAI9gSqz
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjPNg1Tr7K
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MFNmPFDoM
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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.617Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcGU2jcvjC
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"Friends."
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