Athena walked down the long staircase towards dinner, quite frankly wondering where the food would come from, Mrs. McMillan didn't seem like the cooking type.
As it turned out it was pretty basic, Cesar salad with some chicken, not what she would have liked,or would have had before, but it would do. The conversation focused at first on what they were all wearing, and then on how strange Trevor had been acting that day, Sarah didn't want to move on to Tom Wells but she would if she had to in order to stay on top. Her mother approved telling her to avoid shaky ships, whatever that meant.
Athena was trying to keep a low profile, not wanting the spotlight on her, she wanted to get in get out and head back up stairs, or even better out to Zoe's if she responded.
"Beth, you've been quite tonight." Her "mother" shot towards her, in a way that implied there was a subtext to what she said that Athena didn't quite understand.
"Yeah, just have a lot on my mind. and please call me Athena."
"No, i don't think so, but about that, when your father gets home from his trip I'd like to sit down with you and talk about that."
Athena felt her phone buzz in her pocket.
"About what?"
"I don't want to get into it right now, but about your future. I talked to your father on the phone today and we think it's important that you start thinking about who you want to be, and how you fit in this family."
Beth may have felt threatened by this comment, but to Athena it was her current situation anyway, and right now, whatever her phone just did was more important.
"In that case may i be excused then?"
"I don't want you to worry. We just want you to know what options you have available to you."
"OK" Athena Said as she got up.
"So keep tomorrow night clear."
"I'll do that."
She said as she pulled out her phone, which read 1 missed call. Zoe.
