A Broken Trust

Chapter 1

During her last year with the BAU team, Kate Callahan had grown very close to her team members. She had especially formed a bond with JJ over motherhood and pregnancy. One evening, Kate invited JJ and her family over for dinner. Kate served smothered pork chops, which were a hit with nearly everyone at the table.

"This sauce is amazing, Kate." JJ said as she licked her fork, "We should get together for dinner again sometime, and you can share your secrets."

Kate chuckled, "I'm sure I have the recipe somewhere if you want, I can give it to you."

"That'd be great, thank you so much." JJ turned to Will and Henry, standing up from the table,"Do either of you boys want another chop? Is everybody okay?"

"I'm good, Momma." Henry nodded, as he ate some grated cheese.

"I'm fine, thanks, JJ.", Will nodded as well, scooping at a baked potato.

JJ nodded and then headed to the kitchen with Kate to help dish up dessert.

With JJ and Kate leaving to go to the kitchen, Chris glanced at the end of the table where Meg was texting away on her phone, ignoring the whole scene.

"Wish I could say the same about you, Meg. You've barely said a word all through dinner."

"I'm not that hungry.", she shrugged, glancing up for merely a second and then looking back down. Kate returned from the kitchen with two plates of dessert and set them down in front of Will and Henry. Then she turned to face her niece.

"We have guests here, Meg.", Kate said, gesturing to Will and Henry, "Would you mind putting the phone down for a second?."

"She's fine, Kate." Will whispered, but Kate firmly shook her head.

"Please, Meg. Put the phone down."

Rolling her eyes, Meg finally slipped her phone into her pocket.

"Thank you.", said Kate

"You know what?" ,  the girl said as she folded her arms, "There are some other parents who let their kids do whatever they want."

"Thankfully, we're not other parents." Chris retorted.

Kate added, "And those kids end up being selfish and ungrateful for everything that they've been given."

"I'm not ungrateful.", Meg defended, "Have I ever been ungrateful?"

Before anybody could answer, Will's phone buzzed with a text message.

"Sorry, that's work", he apologized, "I've gotta go, but thank you for dinner."

"You're welcome, Will," Kate told him.

Henry jumped up and quickly kissed his father on the cheek.

"Bye, Dad", said the little guy as he gave Will a hug. Will hugged the little boy back and sat him on his lap.

"We've got to have a night again, sometime." Will said, turning to Chris, "I was thinking of buying a new pool table, I'm still talking JJ into it."

"A night of pool sounds great.", Chris said, nodding, "You bring the beers."

"Alright."

Will stood up from the table, and Henry went back to his dessert. JJ came back from the kitchen with two more desserts.

After hearing that Will had to leave, she put down the plates and then walked him out to the car to say goodbye.

Still, at the table, Chris folded his arms and turned to Meg, 'Can you go to your room, please? And I'll come and talk to you for a bit'.