It's currently 6 pm. Silenas party starts at 6:30. She only lives down the street from me so I can just walk.

"BRAT GET OVER HERE NOW!" Dad screamed.

Oh fuck.

"Sup."

He growled at me. "I ran out of vodka."

"And that's my problem?" I smirked.

He slapped me across the face. "I'll make it your problem for talking back to me."

"I'm not scared of you anymore."

Dad chuckled. "You should be. I'm gonna slap you till you can't breath."

He held his fist up and attempted to punch me and in the stomach but I jumped out of the way.

"I remember when you were the guy I looked up to. The father was just always there for me. Remember when we built those bird houses together. What happened to you?"

"YOUR MOTHER DIED AND IT WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

I started laughing. "My fault? I WAS 9 YEARS OLD DAD. 9! I DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG, STOP BLAMING ME FOR SOMETHING I DIDNT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER!"

He punched me right in the jaw. I swear I heard it crack. Fuck, now my nose is bleeding.

"How do you like that?"

"Are you proud of yourself? Your a 43 year old alcoholic who beats his 16 year old daughter senseless for something that happened 7 years ago. You beat me up because you blame yourself," I growled in his face.

"You think I want to be like this?" He asked. "You made me like this, you little brat."

I rolled my eyes. "No. No I didn't. If mom was still around maybe we would both be different. Maybe I wouldn't have so many scars mentality and physically from you and maybe you wouldn't have the possibility of liver failure in the future."

He growled. "Shut up. Go get me more vodka."

"Im underaged."

"NOWWWW!"

"Mhm. No. Also I'm going to spend the night at a friends house. Try to stop me and I'll scream. We both know the neighbors are suspicious of you."

I ran to my room and grabbed some tissues. Stupid bloody nose. I looked in the mirror and there's a big bruise covering my jaw.

I was in the middle of applying makeup on my face when I felt a sharp pain on my head, and everything turned black.

percys pov:

"Where's Annabeth?" Silena said. "She said she could make it."

I didn't really know Silena that well but I could tell she was upset by it.

"Did you call her?" I asked.

Silena nodded.

"She does this a lot," Piper said. "She says she can go but then doesn't show up. It's her signature move."

I frowned. That doesn't make much sense. Annabeth doesn't seem like the type of girl to do that.

"She is most likely doing school work or something," Thalia grumbled.

Silena shurgged.

There was a doorbell and everyone perked up. Silena got up and answered it.

"Ah, hello. I was told I could find Percy Jackson here," athena said.

Silena looked at me and nodded.

Oh god.

"We need to talk."

Let's just say Athena showing up to Silenas party surprised me.

"I thought you weren't gonna stick around?"

Athena sighed. "I have to. My daughter is getting beat senseless by a alcoholic loser. I have to do something about it, I can't let it go on any longer."

I rolled my eyes. "Then why not go to the police?"

Athena glared at me. "You know very well why I can't go to the police."

I snorted. "Humor me."

"Everyone thinks I'm dead. I can't let anyone know I'm alive. I hired you because believe it or not your best in the business. Which impresses me considering your only 16 years old."

"What do you want me to do? It's not like I can just show up to her house with no excuse and kill your ex."

Athena rolled her eyes at me. "No duh. I need you to get close to Annabeth. I need you to get her to trust you."

"Done."

"But, don't underestimate Annabeth, she's smart and knows how to fight back."

"Of course, your acting like I'm gonna kill her."

Athena smiled. "Funny. After you get close to her I need you to get her to open up about the abuse."

"Why? I already know. Can't I just walk in, beat the sucker up and then disappear forever?"

"Mhm. Get out of my car, we're done talking. Call me when it's done."

I sighed. "Fine, but I have a question."

Athena looked at me curiously. "Whats the question?"

"Why did you fake your own death?"

Athena looked at me, looking into my eyes pretty weirdly. "Everyone has secrets, Percy Jackson."

I rolled my eyes and left her car. She left as soon as I closed the door. Crazy ass bitch.

If I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do this my way. I want to get out of here as soon as possible. Staying in the same place too long draws out enemies and that's the last thing I need right now.

Athena hired me to kill her abusive ex, but get close to her daughter. For what? Her to get attached to me and then for me to just magically leave. I know that type of pain and it hurts like a son of a bitch.

I know there's only one thing I can do to complete this mission in the time I want and that's to get Annabeth to hate me.

One thing that didn't add up is why Athena fake killed herself 7 years ago. I don't know much about my clients except their names, what they want, and how much they're paying me.

But this mission gives me a little bit of a rush. Before I left I want to figure out the real reason she did what she did. Why she left a poor little girl and her father alone.

Crap.

Everyone's gonna wonder where I went. Good thing I'm a good actor. I'll just say that it was my moms friend and my mom needed my help but couldn't reach me or some shit.

Gosh, thinking of my mom makes me want to cry. But I don't cry anymore. I can't, not anymore.

I still remember when he put a gun to her head, then pulled the trigger. Scars me till this day. I've always blamed myself for it.

Maybe if I did this or that or Blah blah, maybe it wouldn't have happened. I was 13 years old, I didn't know what was going on.

Then again. The accident made me who I am today. Am I ashamed of who I am? No, I've done what I needed to do to survive. I remember something a old friend told me.

"When your done, you gotta be the first to run."

I didn't know that people would actually like this story. I try to make them as good as possible and I'll be able to update a lot becsuse of the virus. Please comment and let me know if you see any errors or if anything didn't add up in the story. Thanks so much , author.

I do have one question though.

This chapter was only 1000 words. Do you guys prefer chapters with 1000 words or more around 3000? 1000 will update quicker but 3000 will take longer. Let me know.