Clue Number Two

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Sophia's POV

When I opened the door, I motioned for Greg to follow me inside. He did. He closed the door softly behind him. I led him to the living room, where I was surprised to see the gorgeous woman from the TV and park talking to my parents. All three adults looked up as we entered, and for some reason, Dad's back straightened as he stared Greg up and down. Why? He couldn't possibly know that we had kissed right in the hallway!

I addressed the gorgeous woman, "You're the woman I saw on the TV and in the park!"

"You saw me on TV, Sophia?" she asked.

"We let them watch Hephaestus TV. They saw you on Top Ten Funniest Things," Mom explained. Dad was in no position to speak without shouting.

"I watched that!" the woman exclaimed.

"What was Number One?" I asked, "Mom and Dad turned off the TV before it played."

The beautiful woman bit her lip and turned to my parents. Dad gave her a look and she said, "I'm not normally a party pooper, but if your parents didn't want you to see, I don't think you were meant to."

Dad continued to stare Greg down, but Mom had enough of it. She elbowed him and whispered something in his ear. His expression relaxed, but I could tell he was still angry. What's the matter with him? Even though this woman saw a lot, I know for a fact she didn't see everything. But I didn't exactly know what she saw.

I turned to her, "How much did you see?"

"Up until you caught Jolene's wrist," she replied simply. Then she gave me a huge grin that could only mean one thing: she knew about the kiss somehow. She winked at me, "But I do know of a few more things that happened."

I blushed and Greg started backing up towards the door before Dad killed him. The beautiful woman spoke again, "Tell me, Sophia, do you know who I am?"

"No. Is there a reason why I should?" I answered.

The beautiful woman opened her mouth to speak, but Mom interrupted her, "They know nothing."

Shock spread the across the woman's beautiful features, "But they were watching Hephaestus TV!"

"We're trying to give the girls hints," Dad informed her.

"Well, they are Ath-," Mom gave her a look, "Alyssa's grandchildren. They're bound to figure it out."

She was about to say another name! My grandmother's real name! It starts with "Ath", but it could be much longer or shorter after that. What could her name be? There aren't many names that start with those three letters, so it shouldn't be too hard? Or could it?

Apparently, the beautiful woman wasn't finished. She pulled out a pair of golden, metallic-looking gloves and tossed them to my dad, "Hephaestus told me to give those to you guys. I honestly don't know why, but he's taken a liking to Percy," she said, "Well, I must leave. Places to go, people to see." With that, she walked out the door.

Mom took the gloves from Dad and studied them. Then her eyes grew wide and she slowly turned back to face Dad. She made a hand motion of putting her hands out facing the TV as if pushing something. Dad looked confused for a second, but then his eyes lit up in recognition and widened. He greedily snatched the gloves from Mom.

"Well, I'll be going now," Greg said, "Bye Sophia, Mr. Jackson, and Mrs. Jackson."

"Their titles are 'Dr.'," I whispered.

"Oh. Well, bye," he said. I gave him a one-armed hug, nervously glancing at my parents. Mom was suddenly interested in her nails. Dad was still sizing Greg up.

"Bye Greg," I said.