Owned By a Greek god

**** HARRISON P. O. V ****

As soon as Gracie left, I felt so hurt and broken. It felt like a part of me had gone with her. I had always known that she loved him, but I didn’t want to accept it.

But now she has told me face-to-face that she wants to be with him, not me, and that she only sees me as a friend.

When my phone buzzed, I took it out to see who was calling. When I looked at the phone, I saw that it was dad.

# Hey Dad.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

How are you doing, Harrison? Where did you go?

# I told my mother that I was looking for Gracie. She told you, didn’t she?

# She did, for sure. But you are taking too long. What’s happening?

# Not much, dad.

# Did you find her?

# Yes I did. I won’t go back with her, though. She likes where she is now.

I guess that’s good news, right?

# Yeah. I hope it’s good news.

So, when do you plan to get back? You have to go get the job.

# I’m going home, Dad. Just give me a few hours, and I’ll be home. We can talk about the job after that.

# Good job, son. We’re excited to see you.

# I love you Dad.

# I also love you. And be careful.

I ended the call and was about to put my phone in my bag when I got a message. When I opened it, I saw that it was from Melina.

# Hey Harrison, I’m sorry about today. I know I shouldn’t have hurt you, but this is what I want and what would make me happy. You are my best friend, and you always will be. Love. Gracie.

I read, and it hurt and made me angry, so I put my phone in my bag. I don’t like it when she thinks of me as her best friend.

I closed my eyes, and then I remembered that I hadn’t said goodbye to Nina properly because she was so mad at Gracie.

She even thought we were dating and that I would steal her away, which isn’t true.

I knew it wouldn’t work to call her, so I sent her a text message instead.

# Nina, I feel bad about today. I’m sorry I left in that way and that your mother died. Because I loved Gracie so much, I never saw what you cared about. She’s gone now, and she doesn’t even like me. I’m sorry I shut you out because she only sees me as a friend. I hope you’ll understand.

I sent the message, sighed, and stared at the phone, thinking she might reply. To my surprise, she started to type.

I was glad that she was at least going to say something.

# I don’t hate you, Harrison. Anyway, have a safe trip. She sent, and I took a deep breath.

Even though she said she wasn’t mad, her message told a different story.

I thought, “Or should I just stay?” and shook my head.

I said, “No,” and looked out at the water as we moved.

**** AGNES P. O. V ****

I laughed and said, “It’s the onions. It’s my eyes.” Tears came out of my eyes.

Ryan told me, “Don’t cut it any more. You’re crying,” and I shook my head.

“I’m not crying, okay? The water just keeps going down because of the onions,” I said with a laugh, but he didn’t say anything.

I looked at him and asked, “What’s it?”

He took the knife from me and said, “Let me do it.” I nodded and stepped back so he could do his thing.

After washing his hands, he picked up the onions and started slicing them while I looked at him and smiled.

“Can you stop staring at me like I’m making you fall in love with me?” he asked, and I laughed.

“Are you always this nice and active?” I asked him, and he sighed as he looked at me.

He said, “I wasn’t like this before,” and I agreed.

I asked, “So your change is also like Random?” and he said, “Yes.”

“Maybe. Not really. I can’t say she’s the reason I’m lively, because if I did what she did to me, I’d be the most dangerous man,” he said, and I smiled.

I asked, “Want to share?” and he sighed.

He put the onions and vegetables in the pot and said, “I don’t think it will hurt to share it with someone outside my family.”

I asked him, “So you haven’t told anyone else besides your family?” He shook his head.

He said, “No way. Only my mom and brother know this.”

“That means it’s confidential. There is no need telling me you know.” I said and he smiled looking at me.

“So you are still counting yourself apart? The “master” said you are how the part of this family.” He said and I smiled.

“Yeah. I almost forgot that.” I said and he nodded.

“It’s a boring story. But I will say it. I was once like Jason, but then a lady fell into my trap. Just like Gracie did into Jason’s trap. I fell in love with her and then I thought she did with me.”

“She wasn’t with a man until I found out she was lying to me,” he said with his head bowed.

I said, “Wow. I’m so sorry,” and he agreed.

I asked him, “So, what did you do when you found out?” He looked at me.

He asked, “Do you really want to know?”

I asked, “Yes, but why?”

He said, “You’re going to freak out,” and I smiled and shook my head.

I told him, “Trust me, I can handle it.” He smiled.

“I killed them,” he said, and I opened my mouth but couldn’t say anything.

He said, “I told you you’d freak out, and I know you hate me right now.” I shook my head and shut my mouth.

I told him, “No, it’s not that. I was just kind of freaked out.” He sighed.

He threw the pasta into the pot and said, “It’s okay if you hate me.”

I asked, “Do you hate anyone else?” and he shook his head.

Since then, he said, “My heart has been closed to romantic relationships, so instead of falling in love, I just have fun with women and am playful with everyone.” I said, “Oh.”

He looked at me and asked, “So, what about you?”

I bowed my head and said, “Mine? I don’t think I want to share it. It still hurts a lot.”

He said, “Okay, that’s fine. Sorry about that, I almost made you sad.” I shook my head.

I told him, “No, it’s fine. It can’t be sad with you here,” and he smiled and looked at me.

Mrs. Emerson said at the door, “Okay, I’m hungry,” which broke up the moment.

I told her, “Oh, I’m so sorry, Ma’am. It’ll be done in no time,” and she smiled.

She said, “Yes, you can put all of these on hold until midnight.” My eyes got big.

“Mom, there’s nothing like that, okay?” he said, and when I looked at him, he made sure to avoid my face. Does their system really make sense?

She asked, “Okay, and Jason and Melina?” Ryan sighed.

He winked at us and said, “Reunion, I guess.” We laughed.

She walked out of the kitchen and said, “Right, I get it.” When I saw Ryan, I smiled.

He said, “Mother is starving,” and I agreed.

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