Triad Of Shadows

Chapter 4

Jude pov:

"I heard the photographer was an outsider, but who knew it would be the cliff girl"

"Cliff girl?"

"Yea cliff girl , got a problem with that?"

"Nope call me what ever you want , I don't want to waste anymore of my energy on you , and I am out of here after taking some pictures of the ceremony"

"Oh I'm glad , and about the ceremony, you may have to take some pictures of me too so make sure I look good"

"I mean it's quite damaged don't think my camera could fix that"

"You really have a punch able face you know that "

'Adrienne help me with the flowers'

So that's her name , what a waste of a pretty name.

Most of the churches are peaceful, but what's with this commotion, everyone is in a hurry , guess it's because of the ceremony. I can't quite apprehend what's going on , it's like half of the town is in the church. There are some familiar faces like Avery, yea right the Callagrahan family is here . Most of the kids are wearing white with a flower crown on their head. The priest and the nuns are preparing Avery for something.

While all the other kids are wearing white his dress is more like an off white and with a golden leaf like crown on his head.

Those golden locks along to the crown and green eyes is breathtaking. I want to take his picture but something is missing, his eyes they look sad , like they lost their color.

Oops he is looking at me should I smile or wave . Or do I come out as a creep . Should I ignore and turn around and why is he still staring ? Oh boy does everyone in this town likes to stare at people ? Well that's a nice celling lemme get a quick snap . Is he still staring nah nope he is glaring.

What's with this town and glaring?

"Good morning young lady"

"Oh good morning Mrs Callagrahan .How is it going"

"Oh it's fine , everything is going well. When they said about the photographer I never expected it would be a girl."

"Oh , well most people don't"

"Yea so how is my Avery looking really beautiful like an angel right ?"

" Yea he is indeed handsome "

"Make sure to click some pictures of him for me okay"

"Yea sure , so if you don't mind can you tell me about this occasion"

"Well it's nothing much we conduct this  ritual every year to honour the angels and lord almighty. And this year my boy was lucky enough to get choosen . And that's all I can tell "

"Oh and what about that girl"

"Oh who Adrienne , her family moved to town about 10 years ago . They became a part of the church and as you can tell they were brought up by the church." "I hope she doesn't turn out like him"(mumbling)

"Him? "

"Oh it's nothing go on with your thing my child "

"Oh yea bye Mrs Callagrahan "

"Oh please you can call me Sophie "

"Ok Sophie "

Well she was nice , and it's feels nice to talk to someone her age . She reminds me of her my mom . They have something in common. Is that the smile or the name . Or both . I really miss them a lot .

Anyway the ritual is about to start . All the kids are dressed in white . It's my first time witnessing something like this. I have never really been to churches. My family was not really into it . And believing in God seems expensive to me now .

I was not allowed to take pictures inside the priest's chambers that's where the main part of the ritual was taking place. It's seems like something to get the blessings from angels or something. But I did take other pictures and some of them would be in the local newspaper.

It wasn't that much and apart from the kids and church there wasn't that eye-catching to take pictures. It was a 3 hour ceremony. And now it's over. But hey at the end of the day, they paid me so I guess it's nice for a freelance photographer and some people even called me for some marriage photoshoot.

But yea a change of scenery is good . Atleast I think it is.