Lovers' Maehem

Chapter 64

Griffin

September 3rd, 2181

9:10am

The past month has been hard to say the least. Mae has fully recovered since getting her stitches out last week, but she's still not her normal self. Indie and Nate's trial is in about a month, and in the meantime Mae's been visiting them once a week. She said even if they are going to jail, she wants to have a good relationship with them. Indie still won't see her, but she said she repaired her relationship with Nate. Yet she still isn't the same as she was before the wedding. I'm not sure if it's Liam's or Dak's death, but she has nightmares, almost every night. She's getting a bit better, Mack says when they are shopping she seems normal, and her and Cassie have taken up baking. Lots and lots of baking. In fact, as I head out of my room this morning I immediately smell...

"Griffin!" she exclaims, stuffing my face with something, "how does this taste?" I chew what tastes like a churro.

"Very good!" I say giving her thumbs up, "churros for breakfast though?" Mae shrugs and puts a plate of them on the table,

"You only live once right!" she tells me. This is what I mean by Mae being off. She seems cheerful, yet too cheerful all the time. I think it's just how she's dealing with trauma. Mack says to just let her do it, and she'll get over it eventually. I'm hoping it'll be her sibling's trials. The trials are seperate, since they are separate offenses. Indie is also being charged for the whole wedding thing and abducting Mae, since she basically led it. So first it's Nate's trial, and right after that, Indie's.

"I was thinking, my Dad found an organization that operates just out of Miami, the Malcoms. Wanna take on the mission together?" Mae freezes in her steps and murmurs something to herself,

"I'm not really up for it yet, but you should go for it," she tells me. I know she is still technically recovering but she hasn't been on a mission in a month and it worries me. I don't need her to be part of the Colton business, but it would be nice, and I feel like bring back who she is. Most of the team is off on other missions, though we have our monthly dinner's Mae and I host. That's coming up this weekend. Mae and Cas are going to make the dinner.

"Maybe after you're done preparing for the dinner?" I ask her. I don't want to be pushy or anything, but I can't have her acting like someone she isn't for the rest of our life.

"I'm really just not ready yet Griff," she says, I can tell she is sad for disappointing me, so I try and change the subject,

"Yeah of course, I get it," I tell her, "besides all these cooking skills will be great later on when we have kids." Fuck. I realize right after I say it that that is a subject we avoid. Children. Mae will mention Liam sometimes, but she said she's not ready to even think about having another kid anytime soon. Which is fine, because we are young, but I hate how I can't even bring the subject up. Her not wanting a kid also means her not wanting... I know, I know, it's selfish, but to be fair, we never even got to do it after our wedding. Not once.

We drop the conversation after that and I go to meet Lucas for lunch and... just to talk. Mack agreed to go over and hang out with Mae, try and talk her into doing at least a stakeout. As I walk into the restaurant it's almost empty. To be fair it's about 2pm on a workday, so most people aren't just hanging out. I spot Lucas almost immediately as he waves me over. I flop down in the booth, relieved to be away from all the fake positivity for at least a bit.

"So you're in a good mood," Lucas says laughing, "how's Mae?" he asks. He's been in and out of Miami, since he has a case in Tampa.

"She's okay physically," I say, "her stitches were taken out earlier this week, and she's fine being up and moving." Lucas nods,