Owned By a Greek god

**** NINA P. O. V ****

Harrison and I both went home without talking to each other. I’m sure Harrison is in a lot of pain.

At least he would know now that she was never worth it.

“Harrison, how are you?” As we walked into the house, I asked.

“I’m sure I am. After putting everything on the line to protect her, my one true love turned me down for no good reason. I’m fine, of course.” He said this while looking very angry and sad.

“Harrison, I’m so sorry about that. But it’s not your fault because she chose to do it.” I told him this, and he nodded and went to his room.

“I do know. She went with that jerk instead of me. It was an easy-to-understand message.” I sighed when he said it.

“Harrison, you are the best person I’ve ever met. You giving up your life for the person you love is a big exception, and it surprises me a lot that you would do that.” I said he was holding my hand.

“I thought she was good enough. Don’t try to make me happy either, because it won’t work. I am done here.” He said he was getting his bag and putting his things in it.

“Are you going home?” When I asked, he said yes.

“There’s no reason for me to stay at your house any longer.” I was hurt by what he said.

“Okay, I get that you’re hurt, but aren’t I also your friend? When I agreed to the plans, I also gave up my life. What if I pass away? Is this just how you forget about me?” I asked, and he looked at me and sighed.

“I’m glad you’re still alive. I should have known it was a waste of time to try to save her. I put your life in danger, too. I apologize.” I said, shaking my head.

“I would do anything to make happy the last person on Earth who is my friend.” I told him, and he looked at me with a small smile.

“Nina, you are a wonderful person. I think it would be easy for you to make friends.” He said.

“If you do decide to leave me alone in this world again, you should at least tell me goodbye. Harrison, don’t do it this way.” I said looking at him.

“A boy with a broken heart has no other choice.” He said.

“Really??? Harrison, have you forgotten that my mother died last week? Because she didn’t care about her own business and wanted to help?”

“But that didn’t stop me from helping you or going with you into the Lion’s den. You are the only thing I love in the world right now, and you want to leave? Because one of your friends didn’t want to hang out with us?” I asked feeling devastated.

“Nina I am sorry. I just can’t….” He said, but I stopped him.

“Of course you can. You’re not the only one here who feels sad. You can’t just leave when you know how much I care about you and how far I’d go to make you happy. You don’t understand how I feel, because no matter what, I will always choose you because you are the only person I have left.” I said this as I stormed out of the room with tears in my eyes.

I took yesterday’s liquor and poured it into a cup. I was angry as I sat on the chair and thought about how Melina had taken everything from me.

Starting with my mother and ending with the person who has always been with me since she left. What is she doing?

My life has been a mess ever since she moved to this town. I promise she wouldn’t let Joe go. I will punish her badly.

I drank the whole drink in one gulp and was about to pour another when Harrison came out of the room. He looked sad.

“Nina I feel so bad about what I did. I couldn’t think right.” He told me he was right next to me.

“I don’t think you were. But Harrison, I don’t have anyone else. I don’t know what would happen to me if you left. I don’t know how to get used to not having anyone in my life.” I said as my eyes filled with tears.

“I understand, and I’m sorry. Nina, I’ve been thinking about what to do.” I looked at him as he spoke.

“What?” I washed my eyes and asked.

“I’ll stay here with you for one more week, and then we can do something about your mother’s funeral and our loneliness.” I smiled at what he said.

“Really? You’d do that for me, right?” When I asked, he said yes.

“Nina, you are the only one who won’t let me go. I would help in any way I could. I feel bad about having been a d**k.” He told me, and I gave him a tight hug.

“Harrison, thank you so much. I’m glad you know me right now, when I need you the most.” He kissed my hair when I said it.

“Thank you too. You’ve been the best accomplice I’ve ever had.” We both laughed at what he said.

“You care for a drink?” He said yes, and I helped him pour out the drink.

“To moving on, cheers!” I smiled at what he said.

“To moving on, cheers!” I said, “Hit the cup,” as we both closed our eyes and drank.

**** JASON P. O. V ****

# What? tried to kill mom with poison? What nerve!!

# Little brother, you need to go back to the house. Mother is also here.

# Give me five minutes.

I got mad and hung up the phone, then grabbed my car keys. Just as I got to the door, the secretary walked in.

“Boss, we have a meeting going on right now.” She spoke.

“Cancel it.” I said it without giving it much thought.

“Sir, this is our best chance of getting the job.” She added something that made me madder.

“You know that I can blow you off, right? Cancel all meetings for today, I’m done.” I said leaving in a rage.

I jumped into the car in a hurry and turned it on before my driver could get there. I couldn’t stop thinking about how to kill the jerk who tried to kill my mother.

I drove like a crazy person to the house. When I got there, I drove into the compound, jumped out of the car, and ran into the house.

“Where is…” I yelled, but Ryan shut me up by putting his hand over my mouth.

“Settle down, brother.” He said something, and I took his hand away.

“Quiet down? They were so close to killing my mom!” I screamed in anger.

“Our mother all right? She is also my mother. No one knows what I know about this. Melina saw her putting something bad in the food.” He said, which made me madder.

I asked, “And then she did what?”

“She told them to stop and take the food away. I guess they didn’t do that after all. She was crying because she thought Melina wasn’t there anymore.” He said.

“Tears? Did it hurt her as well?” I asked, but he didn’t answer.

“No. Some things happened, but we’ll get to those later. This is how we need to do it. Nobody knows I was keeping an eye on everything. So, when Melina left, Sara and another maid, whose name wasn’t given, were left in the kitchen.”

“I found out that the other maid didn’t pour the food away as Gracie had asked and as the other maid had promised. Instead, she changed the plate. This means that more people know about this than just Sara and that other person. A group must be around.” He gave a reason.

“It’s easy. I kill them all.” I said.

“No, and you won’t either. You kill the people who should die.” I sighed when he said it.

“So, what do you have in mind?” I asked, having faith in my brother’s abilities.

“I want you to act like you don’t know anything until the food comes. I want to see how Melina will react when she realizes that it’s the same food. I want to see the maid’s face when I tell her everything. Then we will know what to do.” He said and I nodded.

“Fine. I just hope that I can wait that long. You don’t think Gracie would tell me, do you?” He sighed when I asked.

“I’m not sure. Melina doesn’t want anyone to die. Both your mom and the housekeepers. She just wants peace. For now, she might keep this a secret. But they might not be able to keep it if they keep getting the same food. Then we’ll know for sure who Melina is.” He said it, and I nodded and let out a sigh.

I went into the house as if nothing bad had happened. Even though it was hard, I kept up the act.

“Welcome Master.” The maids told me to smile, but I didn’t listen. Bloody scoundrels.

Melina was in the hallway when I got to my room.

“Wow. You got back too soon.” She said smiling.

“Yes I am.” I gave a cold answer and walked away.

“What happened? You seem disturbed. I understand.” She said she was standing.

“Melina I’m not happy right now.” I said it with my teeth clenched.

“I can feel it, which is why I want to talk to you about it.” She said, “She’s holding my hand,” and I looked at her hand.

“Why don’t you tell me something that would make me feel better?” I asked with a smile on my face.

“In fact, nothing I say now would make you feel better; it would only make things worse. I don’t want that, and now you’re upset. Was everything okay at work?” She looked very worried as she asked.

“It worked out.” I said sighing.

“You got home early. It’s not like you.” She went on.

“I guess you didn’t think I’d be here so soon.” She smiled when I said it.

“We weren’t, of course.” She said something, and we could hear greetings coming from the door.

“I guess that’s where your mom is. I should go hang out with her now.” She said walking away and I looked at her as she walked away.

I could tell she had something to say, but she didn’t say it. I know she wants to, but she doesn’t want anyone else to die.

I already know what to do.

I went back to the living room and saw mom give Ryan a happy hug. When I saw her smile, I couldn’t help but smile myself.

She is everything to me.

When I walked down the stairs, everyone looked at me.

“Jason.” She called out with a smile, and I walked over to her and gave her a tight hug.

“Greetings, Mother.” I said smiling.

“It’s strange that you’re at home. I hope everything is all right?” I said yes when she asked.

“Mom, everything is fine.” I said, and she looked over at Melina.

“Who’s she?” She asked with a smile.

“Melina is this. The woman from the day before.” I told her, and she came over.

“Good day Ma’am. Sorry about what happened the other day. How do you feel?” She asked with a smile.

“I am good. You didn’t let her go?” She did.

“Mother, please take a seat.” Ryan jumped in to save my behind from another answer.

“Yes, I’ll sit down. But I am starving. Are you ready to eat?” She looked at the maids and asked. “Yes,” they said.

“Ready Ma’am.” I saw Melina shake her head when they said that. She wrinkled her brows as she watched Sara try to show her something.

“Wow. Then let’s eat.” I looked at Ryan when she said that. Melina looked so tense when we both looked at her.

“Jason The food shouldn’t be ready yet, in my opinion.” She stuttering.

Ryan and I both asked, “Why?”

“They, they, they…” She stuttered because she did not know where to put the words.

“Melina stop joking around okay. Mother is hungry.” Ryan said, and she took a hard swallow. I could see that her face was covered in sweat.

She can’t figure out what to do. Let’s see what she does when she is at the table.

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