Leah looked at her relatives, whose faces had turned sour, feeling a deep-seated frustration building within her again.
They had just finished the $30,000 golden anniversary photo shoot, and Sean and Julia were so tired it seemed their bones were about to come apart. But their mood was even worse than their exhaustion.
At the start of the shoot, Ella and Eric hadn't shown up, and that was when Sean and Julia were at their best, with genuine, happy smiles.
But as the session went on, their smiles grew stiff, unnatural, even forced.
"Grandpa, Grandma, you must be exhausted. Let's go home and rest. As soon as they develop the photos, they'll send them right to our house!" Leah said with a forced smile, trying to ease the tension.
Sean gave her a cold look, full of displeasure, and walked off without a word.
