Disclaimer: I don't own Numb3rs.
Warning: Mention of miscarriage and stillbirth.
Epilogue
Thirty-six year old Mariah Eppes-Granger smiled as she looked through a photo album.
The unborn baby inside of her kicked hard, and Mariah winced.
She and Colby had married in 2011. Don had walked her down the aisle. Megan and Larry's girls, Skye and Aurora, had been the flower girls. David had been best man. Gretchen had been her maid-of-honor. They had married on February 16th, 2011.
Robin Brooks-Eppes, eight months pregnant at the time, had sobbed during the entire ceremony. She only calmed down during the reception.
Mariah and Gretchen's then two year old half brother Charles Alan Eppes (Cal for short) had been the ring bearer.
The newly married couple had traveled to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon.
A month later, Robin gave birth to a son that was named Joshua Stephen David Eppes. Josh's birth was the next to occur. Three weeks later, Megan and Larry had welcomed a daughter named Cassandra Marie Reeves-Fleinhardt.
Mariah had become pregnant in July 2011. She gave birth on May 24th, 2012 to a daughter that was named Kylie Robin Eppes-Granger.
Amita and Charlie had welcomed their daughter-Margaret May Eppes (Maggie May) only five weeks earlier. Their son Donald Alan (Danny) had only been eleven months old.
Mariah and Colby loved Kylie. Mariah, now an FBI agent, took some time off to take care of her daughter.
Mariah unfortunately miscarried when Kylie was fourteen months old. The miscarriage put a strain in the couple, especially since David's wife Melanie had just given birth to a healthy son named David Donald Sinclair Junior (DJ).
Mariah chose to deal with her miscarriage by pretending it wasn't a big deal. Colby saw right through his wife, however. Once she realized her husband knew what her defense mechanism was, she started lashing out.
Things came to a head when Colby walked out after a fight. Their friends and family tried to help the couple, but both were too hurt to do anything.
Everything changed when Colby was shot by a suspect. They got back together and began to attend therapy with Dr. Bradford.
Mariah also went to therapy by herself. The miscarriage and separation had taken a toll on her.
The separation had only lasted six months, but it had been a bad six months.
Mariah became pregnant again shortly before Kylie's third birthday.
She gave birth on August 7th, 2015 to a son that was named Dylan Donald Eppes-Granger. Dylan was perfectly healthy. Older sister Kylie adored him.
Mariah had become pregnant shortly afterwards. Unfortunately, tragedy struck when she gave birth on July 11th, 2016. Their daughter-their third child-had been stillborn.
Colby and Mariah named their daughter Ariana Grace Eppes-Granger, and buried her next to Margaret Eppes.
Devastated, Colby and Mariah continued to go to therapy. Robin had just announced her third pregnancy just days before Ariana's stillbirth.
The couple worked through their grief. On February 9th, 2017, Robin and Don welcomed a daughter they named Margaret Ariana Eppes. She was nicknamed Maggie. Maggie was Don and Robin's final child. Robin had been forty-three at the time.
Gretchen, then twenty-six, announced her engagement to boyfriend Michael Jones, a doctor, shortly after Maggie's birth.
To help get over their grief, Mariah and Colby threw themselves into their marriage, their jobs, and Kylie and Dylan. They also took care of eight year old Cal, six year old Josh, and newborn Maggie on the weekends.
Mariah became pregnant again at the age of thirty-one. She gave birth on October 30th, 2019 to a healthy daughter named Avery Rebecca Eppes-Granger. There were no problems at all during the pregnancy.
Avery had been eight months old when Diane died in a car accident.
Two years after that, Mariah and Colby welcomed a daughter named Jocelyn Amita Eppes-Granger. Jocelyn was born on December 3rd, 2021. Mariah had been thirty-three.
Gretchen began to baby-sit for the couple more, especially when they needed alone time.
Mariah had just learned of her recent pregnancy six months earlier. She was now eight months along with a son to be named Matthew Caleb Eppes-Granger. Her pregnancy was going great. She was due on March 26th, 2024.
Nearly twelve year old Kylie, eight year old Dylan, four year old Avery, and two year old Jocelyn couldn't wait to meet Matthew. Dylan desperately wanted a brother to have some standing against Kylie, Avery, and Jocelyn.
Ariana's stillbirth had been the result of a pregnancy laced with complications. Mariah nearly miscarried and had ended up in emergency surgery. Because of high blood pressure, she had been placed on bed rest. Premature labor had also been stopped in the seventh month of pregnancy. All of Mariah's pregnancies after Ariana had been free from complications.
Mariah didn't regret her life. She was about to become an aunt in two weeks.
Life couldn't be better. She and Colby had been married for thirteen years.
Colby and Mariah were soul mates. They were together for life. Nothing stopped them.
The End
I wanted Mariah and Colby to end up married. I was also contemplating them not getting together and marrying other people. I added the miscarriage and stillbirth in because I wanted some drama for the Eppes-Granger family. Isn't it weird that Colby ended up Don's son-in-law?
Look for my new story:Charlie's Devastation.
Here's a preview:
"You're lying," Charlie shrieked. Don and Alan winced at the sheer volume of Charlie's voice. "Charlie, I'm not lying," Alan gently told his youngest son. Charlie began to run backwards. He turned around and bolted to the safest place he knew-The garage. This couldn't be happening. Why was everything bad happening to him lately? He began writing down equations on the blackboard, not realizing he had retreated back to P Vs. NP for the first time since the case where Don had gotten shot.
