Percy Jackson, your best friend, wasn't doing well at home. His mother, Sally, picked up more shifts at work and would always come home when Percy was already asleep, leaving him alone with his abusive step-father every day.

You decided to go over to his house on Saturday and arranged to get there at about 6:30 PM.

You knocked on the door and, expecting to see Percy, you are instead greeted by his step-father, Gabe Ugliano.

"Who in tarnation are you?"

He asked. Gods, his breath was even worse than you imagined— so much you nearly gagged.