The event came to an end and even before Aliyah could blink a lot of people were around her, greeting and praising her.

“Congratulations Aliyah.”

“You did well.”

“That was brilliant.”

“That was so smart!”

Aliyah could feel pain … a very sweet pain in her cheeks from all the smiling, laughter and grinning.

After a few minutes the conference hall was almost empty, Aliyah turned to see Romero in a conversation with one of the officials, she smiled as she waited.

“Oh my ...