THIRTY-NINE

The crowd was shimmering in the lights of the flashes. Photographers were scattered to capture every moment of the inauguration.

Ava was sitting with wives of renowned businessmen as she was feeling left out. It's almost an hour since they had reached the ceremony as she sat down with some of the ladies as her feet were hurting.

Gareth introduced her to few people and then went away as these ceremonies were for making money and gaining power according to him.

She knew he must be looking at her from the room where he had disappeared. After the last times incident he was careful but still left her to stay among the women. He didn't want her to get bored with him doing his business talks.