After the fight with the Kraken, Hermes appeared in front of us.
"Demigods, I have news for you." He said as be read aloud a letter
"Dear Calliste, It is I your father, Zeus. I am am very sorry for abandoning you at a very young age. Hopefully you could forgive me. You are growing into a beautiful young maiden. Please try not to fall in love with my brothers' children. Good Luck on you quest. Please give your mother my warm regards."
"Wow! This is the first time I've heard Zeus apologize." Percy said amazed. Then lightning struck the dark sky.
"Please try not to fall in love with my brothers children." Grover recited the most embarrassing part of the letter "Firework, I think your dad knows." I could feel heat in my skin. Percy and Ella snickered.
We climbed to the top of the bridge with the help of Ella's rope. Then we saw around 15 girls wearing parkas. They had quivers of silver arrows in their backs. One of them looked very familiar. She had wavy red hair that was tied to a ponytail and caramel brown eyes.
"Tabitha!!!" I yelled. Fortunately, she was able to hear me and ran to meet me.
I hugged her tightly
"It's so good to see you in person. I missed you so much!"
"I missed you too" she hugged back
The girl with short black hair and blue eyes interrupted us.
"Hi!" She waved at me
"Hi!" I smiled back
"Oh Calliste this is Thalia your sister, er half sister." Tabitha introduced us
"Cool shirt! Nico has the same one." I complimented Thalia
"Thanks. Would you like to joined the Hunters?" She asked
"No thanks but I'll think about the offer." I told Thalia
After our little chitchat, we found a motel to stay for the night.
"I'll go buy the food." I told them
"I'll come with you." Nico said
We went to McDonalds to buy food.
"Good afternoon ma'am and sir may I take your order?" The waitress asked
"20 cheeseburgers, 10 large fries and 20 large coke floats." Nico replied
Then I handed her the credit card Hermes had given me earlier.
We left the restaurant and looked for a taxi since we couldn't carry all the food by walking. I saw a yellow taxi cab passing by. I hailed it.
"To Kingston Motels please." Nico told the taxi driver
After a few minutes we reached our destination. I was going to pay the driver but Nico stopped me and paid for the ride instead.
"No Calliste it's fine." He handed the driver $100 "Keep the change"
"Since when did you start keeping hundreds of dollars in your pocket?" I asked him
We got the keys to the room and Nico opened it
"So how was your date?" Ella asked "Did you kiss?"
I punched her arm playfully while Nico took the bag and started eating his cheeseburger. "Ella it wasn't a date. Nico and I aren't together." I told her
"Yet" she added. I took a sip from my coke float and rolled my eyes.
After eating Percy decided to have a walk in the park. All 5 of us accompanied him while the Hunters stayed.
