Couldn't stop thinking about Eurydice - it all seemed so unfair - yes, I know she was stupid to have done that deal with Mr H and pretend to be dead, but she didn't deserve what happened to her, not the way it did just when it all seemed to be going right.
I had very bad feelings about what happened then, and did say something to Mr H about it, but he wasn't impressed - in fact he threatened to tell both of the women in my life that I'd actually had it off with her - and the problem was that I knew they'd believe him - they both know how women find me irresistible, and would believe any story about someone throwing themselves at me - and that just once in a while I might respond - and the fact that I'd spoken to Lady P about her to try and make sure she escaped would be seen as more evidence against me...so I backed off pretty quickly. He also made it abundantly clear that I was expected up top, as it were, for my annual appearance to keep the crops growing, and that saying any fond goodbyes to dead people would not be welcome, so I just got out of there before anything else happened. Felt bad that I'd not seen her before I went, but there wasn't a lot I could say - she was off my caseload anyway, so I couldn't really help. All I was hoping is that by the time I got back down there she'd come to terms with where she was and had let go a bit of that anger. A bit optimistic maybe, but time does that to most people in the end.
Anyway, Aphrodite was really pleased to see me and things went pretty OK for a month or two, then, all of a sudden, I found something out that changed everything, something so big and so scary I just couldn't let it go - and it has major implications for several gods, for me and for Eurydice too. I'll tell you all about it next time - got to go now, before I get spotted talking to you.
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