16

Once in the bedroom, Matt told C.J. to go take a quick shower while he prepared things for her. In some ways that exhaustion she had felt earlier was now replaced with a tense anticipation. While she did that, Matt got out the book and looked over the diagrams again and pulled out the lavender essential oil mix. He then ran downstairs where he turned on the dryer with their towels for a minute and then took three out and ran them upstairs with him, still very warm.

C.J. got out and toweled off as Matt laid two of the towels on the bed, after pulling back the sheets. He then lit about 8 candles and turned on their alarm clock to some soothing music.

She came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped tightly around her figure and walked over to him amazed at how he had set a whole atmosphere for her. He stood at the bed with a towel folded neatly on top of the two laid out. His hands went to her face as he lovingly looked in her eyes. He rubbed her cheeks, the moment incredibly intense even as they said nothing.

He then gently lowered his lips to hers and softly kissed her before saying, "I love you, C.J. I want this to be one of the most memorable of our nights together." She smiled at him speechless and breathing with anticipation.

He took his hand and gently pulled the towel away from her body. "You are so beautiful," he told her. His hands gently guided her to the bed and told her to lay stomach down. She complied as he then shook open the towel he had folded and then laid it over her from about the middle of her back to the middle of her thighs.

He rubbed a little oil on his hands and began rubbing her feet. She smiled and said softly, "I can't believe you're giving me a massage."

He told her, "This won't be just any massage. Shhh, just relax and enjoy it." He worked on her feet first. It amazed him as he almost could see the tension leaving her body. Then he worked his way up to her thighs. After getting right inside her knees, he then moved to her hands, one at a time. He smiled as he realized how quickly she was becoming putty in his hands.

After working his way up her arms, he kneaded her shoulders at her neck and then her back. Slowly working his way down, he heard her moan in appreciation. He got to the small of her back, the place the book said to concentrate on for a couple of minutes longer than other areas and heard her moan again.

He then went back to the inside of her knees and began working his way up, one at a time. He seemed to sense where she wanted him to go next, but it wasn't time yet. He decided to add some of his own moves here, now. He moved up and lightly teased that area he knew she was aching to have touched. Then he massaged thoroughly that fleshy part of her backside, that he loved.

After brushing that area in between lightly one more time, he whispered, "Roll over, beautiful. Let me get the front now." She moved slowly did just that and now he could see her facial expressions. This would make it harder for him as he hadn't anticipated seeing the look on her face. It was hard enough concentrating with the way her body was responding to his touch as it was, the moving, the wetness, all of it.

He started this time with her temples, slowly rubbing into them, then letting his hands wrap around her face being ever so gentle. He rubbed lightly the space between her eyes above her nose and then very lightly ran his fingers across her neck, eliciting sensations in both of them. Then her shoulders and arms, each time slightly brushing against her breasts which it seemed she tried to move ever so slightly so they were more in his direct line of movement. He smiled at that.

He then skipped her breasts, which for him was incredibly hard to do and then began lightly moving over her abdomen. He leaned down before drizzling oil on her and kissed her belly. Then both hands moved all around her moving tantalizingly close to that hair that hid her most private of places and then back right under each breast.

Matt smiled again as she was becoming more and more impatient, but this would all be worth it. He moved down to her feet again and started working his way up, again taking his time. Almost an hour had past already and he could tell she had probably never really been as relaxed as she was at this moment.

Once he got most of the way up her thighs, he softly brushed one hand, lazily up, through her curly hair, over her abdomen and to her breast. He avoided the nipples at first and just moved both hands over her. Over and under each breast for several minutes as her breathing got heavier and heavier. Then he drizzled the oil right on each nipple and her back arched slightly. He then began rubbing the oil directly into her nipples as she moaned louder now.

He loved seeing her this way. Beneath his touch her arousal was obvious. After another few delicious moments, he moved lower and cupped her between her legs with his strong hand. He began massaging her there and her head began moving from side to side as she bit her lip trying so hard not to call out. She was getting so incredibly close with each movement of his hand.

He then opened her up fully down there and was rubbing each area individually, starting off gently and then increasing just the right amount of pressure to send her into the beginnings of an orgasm. He pulled back slightly and then started again, bringing her to the brink again before pulling back. Then, about 8 attempts later, she was wild with desire and Matt had never seen her as aroused as he had in this moment when he positioned himself over her. His clothing removed as he had taken one item off with each pause in this nice long road he had planned for her climax.

He positioned himself over her and gently eased his way into her. Now his body was hitting that spot inside of her that longed for his touch while one of his hands, somehow was reaching down hitting that one spot, that one oh so sweet spot he knew just how to manipulate. She couldn't contain it any longer.

He had to fight so hard to maintain control as he had worked his hands over every inch of her body and watch her face express the pleasure she got out of each movement. He knew he had her at the crux of an intense orgasm and the book had said that the orgasm itself would aid in her getting pregnant if he had already had his, seconds before. So he let loose just as she almost came off the bed into his arms as he held her. He had whispered just before, "Look at me, C.J., open your eyes."

The force of their climax shook both of them to the core and while he could feel her taking longer to come down from hers, the intensity of the sensation combined with their eye contact just sent this night into a whole league of its own.

He held her for another 20 minutes as he kissed her back down from that high which helped him ease down as well. Matt was to say the least experienced in sex, but this was something way more than sex or lovemaking. It defied words. They continued to whisper to each other nonetheless at how much they loved each other, how connected they felt just then and then just stared at each other in a loving silence.

C.J. felt as though she could barely move afterwards. Matt was out like a light about 30 minutes later while she laid in his warm and firm embrace amazed at what he had just done for her. The candles needed to be put out though and she was a little oily. So she carefully got up, blew out the candles and then slipped on her robe to get one little glass of wine to bring up to bed that she just knew would be the perfect end to the day.

She got to the stairs and started down them. Being so relax she started to stumble and then grabbed the railing. The oil still on her hands made them slip right off and she went head first down the rest of the way until she lay unconscious at the foot.

Matt thought he heard something, but wasn't sure. It seemed to wake him up. He felt light, too light. Opening his eyes to roll over to cuddle C.J. some more, as he figured she had rolled over, he noticed her side of the bed was empty. He sat up and then turned on the lamp.

Something felt wrong. "C.J." he said hoping to hear her tell him she was just downstairs. He got no response. So he climbed out of bed, grabbed his robe and then went looking for her. She wasn't in the bathroom, or that spare room and the rest of the house seemed dark. The hairs on the back of his neck began to prickle as he reached quickly for the light on that second floor.

He stomach dropped as he saw her lying at the base of the stairs, "C.J.!" he called out. Matt began down the stairs himself when he grabbed the railing and almost lost it himself, as his hands were even more oily. That shook him for only a second until he got to her.

He knelt down beside her as she seemed to be stirring. Matt looked over her body to assess any injuries she might have as she softly said, "Matt?"

Matt told her, "Just lay still, I want to make sure you haven't broken anything." He kept looking.

She started to sit up despite his protest, "I'm fine I think. Just...ouch..." She moved her shoulder slowly with her other hand on her elbow.

Matt ran his hand over it and asked, "How bad does it hurt?"

C.J. told him, "Not that bad, just sore. I was just going to get a glass of wine..." She started to stand up, "Everything was just so perfect..."

He kept an arm around her and then smiled as he brushed the stray hairs from her face. She still had that look of sated passion on her face. He kissed her lightly and then told her, "Are you sure you're fine?" She nodded so he told her, "Come on, let's get back to bed. I can get you that glass if you still want it."

She shook her head and told him, "No, I think I just want to lay in your arms." He nodded with a smile. When they got to the top she stopped for a second and said, "You know, I tried to grab the railing but my hand slipped off it."

She rubbed her hand for a second. Matt then looked at his and said, "Mine did the same thing." They looked at each other for a second before he kissed her again and they went to bed to sleep.

The next morning, C.J. felt Matt's arm more firmly around her waist, like he was squeezing her. Her hair was then lightly brushed off the side of her face and her husband began lightly nibbling on her neck.

She smiled and then whispered, "Good morning, Matt."

He sighed, "Yes it most definitely is a good morning." He nibbled on her some more. Then she rolled over to lay on his chest. He positioned himself more directly in front of her, looking her over good. He told her, "You have a little bruise on your shoulder from the fall last night. I didn't notice anything else though."

She smiled and asked him, "So you did a little inspection before I woke up?" He smiled big and nodded. She laughed and told him, "Well, thank you for making sure I didn't have too many more dings and dents after that fall last night."

He got serious as he ran his hand through her hair, "That did scare me though, seeing you at the bottom unconscious."

She nodded, apologized, he of course told her she had nothing to apologize for, and then the two got up. Before going to take a shower C.J. noticed, "Huh..."

Matt looked at her as he prepared the water in the shower for the two of them, "What?"

She was rubbing her hand, "Nothing, its just that the oil that was all slippery in my hand last night seems to be completely gone now."

Matt looked at his own hand and then said, "That's right. The book I read on how to use it said something about it being absorbed into the skin and..." He stopped.

C.J. noticed and asked him, "What, Matt?"

Matt then looked at her and told her, "I think I know exactly what happened to Macy Raven. C.J. she did just fall, just like you did last night. Her hands weren't slippery when Calindis found her because the massage was given about four hours before he found her body. It was an accident."

C.J. then said, "But what about the attack on Joshua Blake? Or why would someone grab me from behind and tell me to get off this case?"

Matt then shook his head, "I don't know, but I just know this was an accident. Maybe Hoyt is right...maybe someone just wants to be famous."

She then asked him, "Who?"

He shook his head and told her, "I don't know, C.J." The phone rang then and he told her to go ahead and get in the shower. He answered and within seconds was joining her. As his hands slipped around her waist from behind he told her, "Looks like we're going to have another busy day, but by the end of it, I'll think we'll have the case solved."

He nursed her neck while she asked him, "We will? How so?"

He told her, "Test results are back and Blake is awake. That was Uncle Roy. His friend is going to get us a conference room at the hospital and we can round everyone up and sort this whole thing out in a couple of hours."

She nodded and told him, "That sounds like a plan." They then spent another hour in the shower, getting dirty one more time before getting clean again.

They met everybody at the hospital, all four men bickering amongst themselves. Matt and C.J. came in, hand in hand and after a couple of minutes trying to get their attention, C.J. whistled loud.

Matt smiled at her and then said, "Ok, gentlemen, Uncle Roy is getting the test results as we speak so we should know who Dove's father is in just a matter of minutes."

Larson then said, "Man I don't know why I got to be here. I've never claimed to be her father, not really. I didn't take this test and I got things to do..."

He started to walk over and was clearly about to say something to C.J. when Matt put his hand on his chest, stopping him, getting in his face and then saying, "You need to sit down like everybody else. This isn't just about who is Dove's father, although if none of these guys are, its a pretty safe bet you are. Its also about what happened to Macy and who is trying to get me and my wife off this case by threatening us and who attacked Blake here."

Blake then sat up a little in his wheelchair and robe, "Man...I'm still really tired and I really just want to get back to that regular room they just put me in, but I want to know. So could we just get on with it?"

Calindis then spoke up, "Yes we really don't have all day. We're announcing it later but many of her friends and fans want a more publicized service so we're having a tribute to Macy tonight, to be televised, pay per view. Sam and I arranged it last night."

Hoyt then walked in, "Yes, I heard all about your little tribute. You do know that whoever killed Macy, if its not one of you that is, may actually just show up to this little shindig. Its inviting trouble..."

Perkins then interrupted, "No, its giving her fans a chance to grieve, to have closure..."

Matt then interrupted him, "And how much is Macy's estate getting for each person that tunes in?" Perkins and Calindis just looked at each other. "That's what I thought. This your one last grab at a little more money?"

The room was about to erupt when Uncle Roy walked in with a lab tech. "We have the results," he said.

The room got silent and Hoyt interjected, "By the way...I'm here on behalf of Judge Edmonton, Family Court, with a court order to make sure custody transfers peacefully to the confirmed biological father."

Perkins then spoke up, "What? Who filed papers?" He was clearly angry.

Blake then spoke up, "Sandy did. I told her a few days ago when all this came up and we did the test to hire a top notch attorney on behalf of Dove. The lawyer represents Dove, the one person who needs it in this whole mess." He then started coughing.

C.J. closed her eyes for a second, silently praying Blake was the father. Dr. Winston then walked in with the lab tech and took the envelope. He read it and nodded to the tech asking, "These the official results?" The tech nodded.

Larson then said, clearly bored, "Come on, just get on with it..."

Dr. Winston then said, "According to these results, the closest genetic markers point to a paternal biological match to Joshua Blake."

Perkins slammed his fist down, "No! Listen, even if she is his kid, I raised her, I deserve the largest chunk of her estate!"

Calindis just looked down and then said, "Come on Sam, you and I both know you didn't really have that much to do with her. You deserve whatever Macy decided to leave you. I'm her husband, it should pass evenly between me and Dove. That's the law..."

C.J. then spoke up, elated Blake had custody for now, "No actually the law says whatever Macy wanted is how this all gets divided. I can tell you as a lawyer, you can file to block the execution of her will, but any lawyer for Dove and Blake here will make sure you pay their court costs along with any fines that come with a frivolous lawsuit."

At that point, Calindis shot her a look, "Really now...why don't you just stay out of this, bitch."

Matt's gut instinct was to walk right over to Calindis, getting right in his face, clenching his fist he told him, "What was that?"

Calindis looked down for a second and then said, "I'm just saying I didn't ask for unwanted legal advice."

Matt took a deep breath, "Well then why didn't you just say that instead." C.J. walked up behind Matt, softly putting her hand on his back so he wouldn't beat Calindis.

Blake then said with a tear in his eye, "She really is mine. I'm a father." He looked up at Roy and said, "Can you get her for me? I really, really want to see her."

Winston then told him, "You are recovering young man...you need your rest."

Uncle Roy then turned to him and said, "Come on Joseph...what's a minute or two gonna hurt, huh?"

Winston rolled his eyes and said, "Fine, fine...just sneak her in and I didn't officially approve anything. Lunch?" he asked Uncle Roy. Roy just smiled and nodded telling him, he'd meet up with him in about an hour.

Perkins just left in a huff followed by Larson who said, "I told you she wasn't mine." He shook Blake's hand as Blake swallowed, still not a fan of Larson. He told him, "Congrats man...if she belongs with anyone, its you. Later."

Calindis then said, "Well, now that the paternity question is answered, you plan to solve the case now?" Then he stormed out, not waiting for an answer.

Matt nodded, knowing how charged the room was he had let the other men leave. It was just too volatile right now and even though they were in a hospital, he didn't want to see any more bloodshed. As a matter of fact, the tribute that night, might just be the best opportunity to get them all together again. So after leaving Joshua Blake with Sandy Kennedy and little Dove in that little conference room as the two had just arrived, Matt, C.J., Uncle Roy and Winston all left. Hoyt stuck around for a minute to fulfill court orders and left himself.