I walked into the bathroom (Paul didn't follow) and focused on the leaky pipe in the shower. A steady mist came out and I fished a golden drachma from my pocket.
"Oh Iris goddess of the rainbow, accept my offering." I threw the golden coin into the mist and it disappeared. "Fredrick Chase, San Francisco."
Annabeth and her dad appeared in the mist. They appeared to be arguing. I cleared my throat and they turned to face me. Annabeth's face lit up a little.
"Hi Percy." Annabeth said. "Do you need something?" I nodded. Annabeth turned to her dad.
"Dad, could you go?" He nodded and got up.
"Actually," I said, "I could use both of you to help."
"Why do you need my help?" He asked.
"Well," I began, "I had another incident at Goode on Friday, and…" Annabeth cut me off.
"Oh gods! What happened? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." I assured her," Just an Empousa and a hellhound, nothing I couldn't handle." I didn't mention Rachel because Annabeth always got jealous the mention of her name.
"As I was saying, today I tried to explain to Paul about the gods and stuff, and he doesn't believe me. Do you think you could give it a try?" They both nodded and their house phone rang. Mr. Chase picked answered it.
"Hello?" Percy heard Paul in the living room.
"Hello, Mr. Chase, Percy has gone off the deep end. He's been telling crazy thing like the Greek gods are real. He claimed you could confirm it." Annabeth laughed a little, and Mr. Chase smiled. They both could hear Paul through the Iris Message.
"Are you at home?"
"Yes."
"Great, go into your hall bathroom."
"Why?"
"Please, just do it."
Paul walked into the bathroom and saw the Iris Message. He dropped his phone to his side and Mr. Chase turned his phone off.
"What the hell is that?"
"This would be an Iris Message." Annabeth said. "This is how we demigods generally communicate." Paul looked shocked.
"You mean Percy wasn't lying?" He said each word in disbelief.
"Yes." Mr. Chase said, "Your step son wasn't lying to you, he's not insane, and the gods are real."