'Whoever wants to win in life must do as his sages: even with a
broken soul have a smile on their lips' Dinamor, contemporary thinker
Pov. Percy
'You are my son'
At first, I did not understand that sentence. I was slow, which in my case is not normal. But the numbness didn't last long. Gradually the meaning of those words made no sense to me.
But how? I looked at Poseidon who was looking at me expectantly. For the first time I began to pay attention to his features. Tar-black hair that seemed to have a daily fight with a comb, thick eyebrows and intense green eyes. So intense that I only saw eyes like that once in a lifetime, my eyes.
No. Surely that guy here wasn't a father couldn't be. That wretch abandoned me. My blood boiled with rage. Surely, I had a frightening look, for when I stared at Poseidon coldly, he just swallowed hard.
- You ... - I started, but was soon interrupted
- Listen to me first Percy
- Don't call me Percy, you impr ...
- SHUT MOUTH BOY - he shouted and now also glared at me
- SHUT MOUTH YOU, I DON'T I WANT TO KNOW ...
- ARRIVE! - he barked rising from his chair - you promised to hear me boy so be a man and keep your word
That's the one I didn't expect. I would never break a promise, as hard as it was, I would always do everything to keep it. That was always why I got in trouble, I never liked being challenged. Now I know whose side I inherited from.
"Hunf ..." I huffed impatiently, which only made that bastard smile.
"Yeah, you're definitely my son," he said, sitting down again.
"Be quick sir.
I wouldn't call that father ever." He listened to what I said that made his smile die.
"Okay Percy," I snorted again, which only made him smile. "First, I want ..."
A desperate Sally entered the room, followed by a white-coat home who was smiling so much that he looked more like a Colgate commercial actor. I looked at the woman again and remembered where I knew her. That's how I got to the hospital for the first time. At the time she treated me well, but she certainly didn't do that well either. That should be little to get attention.
The doctor came smiling at my side
- Nice boy, I'm Doctor Apollo and from what I see is much better or almost - said looking at the cut in my chest
He began to treat the wound, telling several boring jokes that only he and Poseidon thought it was funny. Sally looked at me cheerfully, as if seeing the sun for the first time, but I could see fear in the back of her eyes.
After a while Apollo finished dressing and left. The silence here was getting uncomfortable. Both Sally and Poseidon were looking at me nervously. I no longer knew what to think. I had sworn that if one day I meet my parents would make them suffer for everything I went through, but being with them so close to me reminded me of the times I cried after days without food, without sleep as we were expelled from some place. All this time I cried with the desire to have someone to comfort me, hug me and say that everything would be all right.
I was still hated that they left me, but all I wanted and needed was a hug.
"Son listen ..." Sally began, but I cut her off with a look of hatred.
"Don't call me son," I said coldly. "You never wanted me and left me; I don't have a mother."
That seemed to affect her. She just closed her eyes and a tear fell from her eyes. I could not to know, do not want her to call me s is son, but that scene made my heart ache. I wanted to hug her and say that what I said was not true and that I was her son, all this so as not to suffer. But I didn't, she could be faking it, even though I was sure not, but I'd already suffered so much that I knew if my soul could take more disappointment.
- ARRIVES - Poseidon rose furiously - respectful boy she is yours whether you want it or not and I am also your father
- MOTHER? DAD? I NEVER ASKED PARENTS LIKE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SONS, "I shouted, Sally cried huddled in her chair and just stared at the discussion.
" We don't care who told you that boy, "he said a little calmer
. - tears already falling from my face - I said, if you will PREOCUPACEM NOT WOULD HAVE ME ABANDONED IN A PLACE LIKE THAT
Poseidon took a deep breath as if to control and said
- We never abandoned child, they kidnapped you so born
That certainly took me by surprise. I had wondered why all my parents had deserted me but been kidnapped? Why? I lost my childhood, the opportunity to have a family, friends because of it. I wanted to destroy the person who did this to me.
My mother, it is now I can call her that, approached and sat next to the stretcher, me that she hugs me, it is said that everything would improve but she seemed to be hesitating, afraid of my reaction.
I almost jumped in her arms hugging her, which made her scare , ma s just hugged her back. As much as I insisted on looking strong at that moment, I could not stand it, the tears kept falling and made me sob like a baby.
Poseidon approached and hugged me. He didn't seem annoyed by what I said, but now a true smile that reaches his eyes appeared on his face.
"Calm down my love," my mother said. "Now everything will be all right, we'll never part."
Four months later ...
It's been four months, I thought. I was still afraid to wake up and see that this was all just a dream. I still didn't believe that what I asked heaven most for happened. I had a family. A family that loved me, or almost, since there was a certain person, say Thalia, who didn't see me as a very welcome person in that house.
After that day I was only hospitalized for another two weeks, which scared the doctors as I had been in a coma for two months and suffered several head fractures. My father bragged that I had someone to pull on with so much health.
I still remember when we left the hospital. I didn't know who my father was, but when I saw the lobby and much of the crowded street of unoccupied people, read reporters, I almost freaked out, but I didn't need to say that that scared me a lot. Poseidon just stood in front of me and surrounded by black suit guys preventing them from taking any pictures of me.
Who knew, I was a poor starving son of one of England's foremost men, Sir Poseidon Eddard Jackson. My father always told me that soon the world would know me. These comments made me nervous. I never went to have many friends, in fact I never had one and I was desperate to think.
In recent months I have met some of my relatives. I was still trying to understand how my grandfather Sir Kronos left me in an orphanage. When I heard, I freaked out and would surely have wrecked that craggy face of his if my dad hadn't held me back. He was a very nice crown which amazed me. But then my mother explained to me that he had changed after he got sick.
I didn't go to school yet. My father had hired a man, I think he was a doctor or a geek? No, no tutor, that's it. He was a nice man, but I never learned his name, so I called him Mr. Puffer, of course only when he didn't hear. I learned fast, especially when it came to numbers, which impressed my father. My hand just laughed but I didn't know whose I had pulled this 'geeky' side of the family since both her and my father's were kind of lazy about school.
I still had these thoughts when I heard my mother call me or rather scream
- Come on Percy get up - she was already at my bedroom door -you can't be late son
- Good morning too mom-got up going to kiss you
I still thought It was strange to call her mother after so many years without having one, but that made me happy and she also always smiled when I called her that.
Today would be my first day at school. My father had already told me that no one would know whose son I am. He wanted to officially perform at a gala party in England, in less than a month.
I took a shower, got dressed, when I was already at the door I almost got a heart attack as my father comes silent and touches my shoulder
- AHHHH
He, understanding the way he started to laugh and could barely stand . After he stopped laughing at my expense said
- Sorry son - giving me an unrepentant smile
- Okay dad
- So Percy, I already told Michel to take you to school, from here ...
- Look dad - I said - I don't need a driver, much less this someone is Michel, he looks like my nanny.
I remembered the few times I left and had to go, read thanks, with Michel a security guard my father hired. I could barely get in, could breathe the air without him breathing first just to ensure my safety. My parents were still afraid of losing ... again.
- But son, see it can be dangerous you ...
- They still do not know who I am father and surely I getting there with a Rolls-Royce Ghost will draw more attention.
"Fine, but how do you think it goes, as far as I know you don't have a wallet yet or have you bought one yet?" - he made fun of everything
- No dad I go by bus
- What? It went crazy Perseu
- Dad, I don't want to draw attention and I also want to see the kind of people there are in that school.
It seems that he understood what I meant because he just nodded and sighed
- Okay then, but take it here - said handing me over a cell phone I didn't even know which model was more expensive - anything call Michel he'll be at the school door I just
rolled my eyes at that comment and smiles
- thanks dad - I said hugging him
- nothing you are my son, but now if I were you I would run because if your mother catches you here ... - I left him laughing at me scared and ran down the stairs
I crouched through the garden, my mother was there. I walked toward the spot a little way off, but on the way I was almost hit by a silver car, didn't even have time to look at the driver, but it looked like it was blond or blond.
- It is - said to me - new life then we will
