Suddenly, the hotel was empty and the town was silent. As fast as the tourists had filled Saint Daniel with life, they had drained the village from it. Restaurants and hotels closed their doors, no one was interested to go in winter. Summer workers returned to their places of origin. Mia was determined to stay, she didn't mind loneliness, she liked it, and she wanted to see the other face of the town. Yet, she knew that the only way to stay was to make herself useful. She asked the only restaurant in town that remained open whether they needed help, but they told her they didn't.
Walking around the town she saw that the photo studio needed an assistant. Being an amateur photographer herself, having spent countless hours experimenting inside a dark room, she decided to enter and ask.When she left the shop, she had a job under her belt. Anthony accepted gladly to lend her the apartment for the winter, and insisted she could have her job back as soon as the high season was on again.
During that winter, Mia helped the photographer develop pictures. He was a wedding photographer, the only one in the region, so he was quite busy, as winter was high season for marriages. During her free days, Mia would take her camera and capture the fury of the ocean, and the calm of the town. But, mainly, the feeling of solitude.
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