I started to take a few..and I was too close up.. and decided to back up into James's driveway to be able to capture more of the tree. I saw movement in their bedroom window and someone at the window.. who I figured was either James or Joanne. (you may remember that James is our musical director). So I waved and turned and took a few shots. ... well, a moment later the door opened and out came Joanne, in her nightgown. I said, oh! I knew it would either be you or James at the window.. was too dark to see, I'm just trying to get a complete shot of the trees on the boulevard and from the sidewalk, I'm just a little too close. She says, oh.. James isn't here anymore.. so I think she's kidding, right? I say..you're joking.. and she says, no.. James has left with a woman from the troupe... 3 days ago. Josée something, a lawyer that joined our troupe this year. I'm flabbergasted.. she starts to cry and I hug her in the dark stillness and I'm not sure how to make her feel good. I don't really know Joanne very much. She doesn't really follow closely anything the troupe does, but the few times I have met her, she has always been very friendly and warm. She stayed out a few moments while I comforted her and then she went back into her home and closed the lights.
Well.. at first I was shocked, it was hard to believe. The photo session was obviously over. I couldn't just get back to doing it as if nothing had happened. I unclipped and put everything away and walked back home.
The first thing that comes to your mind is to condemn, right?... but I find it hard to do so. I know James now for about 6-7 years. He is not the playboy type, doesn't flirt, is kind of homely looking if you want the truth and aside from music is actually quite awkward and shy and not at all comfortable in social situations where he isn't doing music. I don't see him as running around on Joanne.. rather, I'm wondering if this isn't just something that just happened, I guess. Also, if Josée was this "hawt" young babe, I would say that oh.. his brain was in his pants... but she's actually very ordinary especially compared to his own wife who is very pretty.
So, yes, he's been married a long time but I don't know what it's like at his house, is he nagged every day, is he treated like a man, what is he missing that he went looking elsewhere? Now, I'm not saying he is not to fault here too.. but maybe we don't know the whole story.
I spoke to Claudette on the phone this morning, she must know James and Joanne for at least 15 years. She told me that they have been seperated before a few times. They used to live in Amos.. so I really did't get to see them as much. A few years ago they moved here. I guess it was most surprising because they just seemed so normal. Anyways... it's always sad to see something like that happen.
I didn't get any great photos last night.. this was the best of the few I got.
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