Last night was fuckery.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29MxbKzUFJ
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mB5u4cfju
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWwOTYZ7Ix
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tPxD6jhBv
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As I am driving, my work phone rings. It's Marcus.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJisLkD2pw
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"Yes, dear?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjN5KJKebv
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I see you've put up something else on your website. Why didn't you tell me?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZNiT1Yluq
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I really don't have any time for this shit right now.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rzb2Jgoas
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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."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNQeZFOQgr
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He sighs, still sounding displeased.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JF7jOwbRa
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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."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmQFUvJaI6
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"Okay. Does this someone have a name?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGo35GinDr
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"Yes. David Rochester."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nodtTAfdn
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David Rochester.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkK7rKko2i
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It just had to be him, didn't it?590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgp67TXZy5
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Why couldn't it be someone else?590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm9DOS4tYO
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Why?590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4PBa8GoKx
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Additionally, if he has a house in Stony Hill, why the hell is he living in a studio?590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFDvf589iM
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These are the thoughts that plague me as I drive my car angrily up the hill towards his address.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBQrbzgCZA
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFZSAmNoJh
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugYBIriU7H
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBsVTn0cbX
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"I saw your photograph on your website this morning," he says by way of explanation.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOCwdpUfSz
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"How often do you go on my website?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlN8MDlr8dS
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"Every night since the first time I saw you. I found it by googling your name."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEHMZb4zR3
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We reach the living room, and he sinks into the couch. I follow suit.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdpKWwthz4
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"I think I should go home."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ9ygbIYFO
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"Have dinner with me."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaFHOcmgLR
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We both say this at the same time.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWbiQCJuGQ
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"I think I should—"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6Mr4hGi79
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"Leah, please."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJZ5J9Tiz7
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"You already apologised."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYvWHXrtOx
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"I know. I want to prove to you that I'm not a complete asshole."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPJgm2qjhv
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I rub my forehead in frustration.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzejGxywIRn
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"Why does it matter so much to you?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsspacvg5A
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"I like you. You're interesting, and I want to get to know you better."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsxQjsBV1M
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I look up, grasping just how crazy this man is.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxe7xXtoGkY
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"You ordered my painting and called me up here to eat dinner with me."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwogCIdck72
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He just shrugs. 590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgYK46M9Dv
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"I knew that you wouldn't come any other way."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH23AzcIb0H
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I close my eyes and take a deep breath. When I open them, he's staring at me, waiting patiently.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf0avZ9WZC
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Why the hell not?590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDP6Y4xgqt
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SQ9TDu4lj
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"Okay. Under one condition."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0fgTSptDf
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"What?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QDwNQcCVc
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"I get to charge my laptop."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEJnNxyVXY
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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).590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlJGsCIceD
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It actually isn't that bad.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgacqYHzfKU
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"So... tell me about yourself."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzHv2VsOVq
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"What do you want to know?" I ask. There isn't really much to know about me.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRut5aNR9Js
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"How did you become a photographer?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSCLm1e7i4
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I chew my lip, wondering how much I should say. He looks at me, waiting patiently.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUGvrDUKIF
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07OZumQS7m
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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."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡostlzJy3Ym
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He nods, obviously thinking about something else.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZmh5U5yXJ
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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."590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt6RoAA8Vs
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sEPp2LjwL
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"I know," I say with a sigh.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxPRbOlBRH
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5un9GUAVDG
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Once I'm done, he offers me a glass of red wine, but I decline.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmBk1R8YWO
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"I don't like red wine," I reply.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9a4Zrltlp
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"I'll make a note of that for next time," he says as he walks me down the hallway.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JRztBsRj6
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Next time?590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6Qsnxrr7G
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"So," he says, a small, nervous smile on his face as he opens the door for me to leave, "friends?"590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoSniWzR2h
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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.590Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkh1bV1OS3
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"Friends."
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