Chapter 19 <br><p> 


On Friday morning at 09:00 Mac escorted Alex Bannion 
into the courtroom so that he could begin his 
testimony in the Anthony Moreno trial. The trial 
started at 09:30 and the whole day was focused on 
Bannion's testimony. Everyone on the prosecution's 
team knew what an effort it was to get Bannion in the 
courtroom today and it was a sweet victory for the 
prosecution and the police to hear Bannion's testimony 
in court. There was no doubt that Bannion's testimony, 
in conjunction with Al Gwynn's earlier testimony, 
would almost insure a conviction in Moreno's trial. 
The court adjourned early on Friday at 4 p.m. and a 
relieved Mac handed Bannion over the U.S. Federal 
marshals so that Bannion could be placed in a witness 
protection program. Dara joined Mac as he watched 
Bannion being escorted from the courthouse. 
 <br><p> 
Squeezing his arm she said, "We did it. He testified 
and it's almost over."  <br><p> 

"In celebration of both of us surviving the past week, 
let me take you to Le Vieux Logis for dinner tonight," 
Mac suggested. He had missed Dara tremendously during 
the past few days and he was looking forward to 
spending a lot of time with her starting tonight. <br><p> 

"That sounds lovely Mac. And I have something special 
that I want to give you after the dinner tonight."  <br><p> 

"Oh really?" Mac asked as the most lascivious grin 
spread broadly across his face. He joked, "Hey, 
fasting for an evening shouldn't be so bad. Why don't 
I just come straight to your apartment in an hour."  <br><p> 

"Oh no you don't!" Dara laughed, with a mischievous 
gleam in her eyes. "I'm very much looking forward to a 
romantic dinner at Le Vieux Logis with you. Anyway, 
you have no idea what I have in mind for you after the 
dinner. But I promise to surprise you."  <br><p> 

The next few hours couldn't pass quickly enough for 
both Mac and Dara. At 7 p.m., Mac arrived at Dara's 
apartment to take her to the restaurant. Upon Dara 
opening the door, Mac stood speechless as he gazed at 
Dara. Wearing her hair in a French roll with a few 
wavy strands of hairs gently framing hair face, Dara 
looked stunning in a two-piece blue and black silk 
outfit. The wrap skirt had a mid-thigh length and hung 
loosely around her hips. The top was gathered at the 
shoulders and though no cleavage was shown the top did 
reveal quite a bit of Dara's beautiful brown skin on 
her chest and upper back. Reading Mac's expression, 
Dara smiled and silently thought that seeing this look 
on Mac's face was worth those almost daily trips to 
the gym. Grabbing her coat, Dara left with Mac for a 
romantic dinner at Le Vieux Logis.  <br><p> 

Le Vieux Logis was an enchanting country inn located a 
few miles outside of Port Charles that had a four star 
restaurant that specialized in French cuisine. During 
their meal at the restaurant, the couple spoke a bit 
about the trial but in general they steered the 
conversation to non-work related topics. Dining at the 
French restaurant prompted Mac to tell Dara of a few 
of his adventures in French-speaking countries such as 
France, Switzerland, and Belgium before his arrival in 
Port Charles. Dara mentioned that she had always 
wanted to travel in Europe and Africa but as yet she 
hadn't done much traveling. Silently they were both 
thinking that they would share such travels in the 
future. After enjoying a delicious 5-course meal and 
lingering over 2 glasses of wine and coffee, they 
finally left the restaurant and went back to Dara's 
apartment. Refusing Dara's offer of something to 
drink, Mac took her by the hand and led her to the 
couch in her living room.  <br><p> 

"We haven't had much of a chance to talk since I was 
last here." Mac held Dara closely to him with her head 
nestled under his chin.  <br><p> 

"I know," sighed Dara. "Mac, where are we going with 
this relationship? I know how I feel about you and I 
think that I know how you feel about me." Nervously 
biting her lip she continued, "But I can understand if 
you don't want to get seriously involved with me right 
now since your breakup with Felicia was so recent and 
so painful." Dara had mentally prepared herself so 
that she wouldn't be disappointed by Mac's response 
but she still held her breath waiting for him to 
answer. The few men that Dara had dated previously all 
cringed at the word commitment. The Mac Scorpio who 
had been her friend for several years normally 
wouldn't have such feelings but after being treated so 
badly by Felicia, Dara worried that he probably didn't 
want to rush into a serious relationship with someone. <br><p> 

Cupping Dara's chin so that she was looking directly 
into his green eyes which were darkening with passion, 
Mac solemnly said, "Dara, it's too late to talk about 
not wanting to get seriously involved because whether 
you know it or not, I already am. I love you Dara."  <br><p> 

Dara blinked back tears in her eyes as she watched 
Mac's face as he said for the first time that he loved 
her. As she gasped in surprise that he actually said 
the words Mac covered her mouth with his and gave her 
a passionate kiss.  <br><p> 

Breaking the kiss Mac asked with concern in his 
voice," You almost seem surprised that I love you. Is 
it because you feel that it's happening too quickly? 
Or is it something else?"  <br><p> 

"No, it isn't too quickly Mac. Usually, in the past, I 
would have feelings for someone and they didn't have 
them for me or weren't ready to return them to me. 
Knowing that you actually feel the same way about me 
that I feel about you, it just makes me deliriously 
happy." <br><p> 

Smiling, Mac said softly, "Is this a round about way 
of you telling me that you love me too?" <br><p> 

"Yes. Yes. Yes. I love you Mac Scorpio. I love you 
very much." <br><p> 

Feeling herself starting to be swept away by Mac's 
passionate kiss Dara reluctantly pushed herself away 
from Mac. "Wait Mac. I have something special I want 
to do for you."  <br><p> 

Pulling her to him once again in an attempt to capture 
her lips again, Mac grinned lazily," Can't you tell 
that you're doing something special for me right now?"  <br><p> 

"No, really. Why don't you start the fire in the 
fireplace? I'll have everything ready in fifteen 
minutes."  <br><p> 

For the moment, Mac's curiosity exceeded his passion 
and he started the fire in the fireplace as Dara 
requested. Sitting patiently on the living room couch, 
he became intrigued as he watched her place a mat a 
few feet in front of the fireplace and cover the mat 
with a bed sheet. She next placed several candles 
throughout the living room and, after dimming the 
living room electric lights, lighted the candles. A 
sandalwood scent emanated from the lighted candles. 
Dara hurried to the kitchen and placed a jar in the 
microwave before heading to her bedroom. When the 
microwave oven timer expired, Mac hesitated for a few 
minutes but then he walked into the kitchen and opened 
the microwave oven. Carefully taking the jar from the 
microwave he gently sniffed and determine that Dara 
heated some type of almond-scented oil.  <br><p> 

A voice directly behind him said, "I'll take that from 
you and you can take this from me." Not hearing her 
when she entered the kitchen Mac whirled around to 
face Dara. Mac could not keep the shocked expression 
from his face as he saw Dara dressed in only a low 
square neckline Chantilly lace bustier and matching 
panties. She was holding a white cotton bath towel in 
her hand. Mac could swear that his heart stopped 
beating for the first few seconds that he saw Dara. 
Dara worked mightily to suppress a broad smile as she 
watched Mac gape open-mouthed at her. She had never 
seen Mac so taken aback in her life and for a few 
seconds she wondered if she should continue with her 
plans for the evening. After a brief reflection she 
decided to continue and make this evening all about 
Mac and show him how much she cared for him. "I guess 
I really did surprise you. But get ready, your 
surprise is just starting," she promised. Taking the 
scented oil from him Dara placed the bath towel in his 
hand. Seeing the puzzled look on his face she said, "I 
want you to wear it, and nothing else." Dara turned 
around and left a speechless Mac in the kitchen with 
his outstretch hand still holding the bath towel.  <br><p> 

Snapping out his trance, Mac started to undress as 
Dara's image in that bustier stayed in his mind. She 
was absolutely gorgeous in it and it perfectly 
accentuated her toned, petite body. Mac had no idea 
what Dara had planned for him but it was going to take 
all the willpower he possessed not to take the 
initiative and start to make love to her. This evening 
was obviously something she very much wanted to do for 
him and he wanted to let her do it. But ..." Wearing 
the bath towel around his waist, Mac went into the 
living room to find Dara kneeling at the mat. 
Positioning Mac to lie down on his stomach on the mat, 
Dara started to speak.  <br><p> 

"When I went to Northwestern for college I took some 
additional courses away from the university. You know, 
something that I would really like to learn as perhaps 
a hobby and to take my mind off of the schoolwork. 
These courses were taught by various small businesses 
located on the north side of Chicago. I took a car 
maintenance class. And I took a bread baking class. 
But my favorite subject was a series of massage 
classes I took taught by a local chiropractor." After 
taking the oil and rubbing it in her hand, Dara 
started to slowly massage Mac's left foot, rotating 
and stroking the left foot and ankle. Next she 
repeated the motion with his right foot. Mac marveled 
at how adept Dara was in giving this massage; he was 
starting to relax after a few minutes. This was 
something he originally believed to be impossible 
after seeing her in that bustier and those panties. 
Dara continued the massage using her hands and arms to 
stroke and knead the back of Mac's legs, his back, 
neck, and arms. It pleased Dara to initially touch a 
tense muscle on Mac's body and using her knowledge and 
skill was able to relieve him of the tenseness. She 
could tell by his breathing and sighs that he was 
really enjoying the massage. Now it was time to move 
to part two of the evening. "I took three massage 
classes. The first two courses focused on therapeutic 
massage techniques. The last course gave some 
information on how to give a sensual massage. Turn 
over on your back for me please." Mac had had his eyes 
closed for most of the massage in order to focus on 
the pleasure he was receiving. When turning over onto 
his back he saw Dara again in the bustier and panties 
and all of the feelings he previously experienced in 
the kitchen returned. Her arms, legs, and chest were 
glistening with the massage oil and her chocolate 
colored skin looked incredibly beautiful. As she 
kneeled beside him preparing to start a chest massage 
he placed his hand behind her head and pulled Dara's 
mouth to his. They kissed for several seconds but 
finally Dara broke the kiss and catching her breath 
she said in a ragged voice, "We ...we....aren't 
finished yet. Don't you want the rest of your 
massage?" <br><p> 

"Uh mmm," purred Mac. "But we don't have to do it all 
in one night, do we?" he said as he rolled on the 
floor with Dara and had her on her back as he started 
to place kisses on her neck and stroked his right hand 
along her inner thigh.  <br><p> 

"No....I guess not." Dara knew that the battle was 
lost and she didn't care one bit. She couldn't wait 
any longer to be with Mac and she wanted him as much 
as he wanted her. Earlier she had to really force 
herself to continue to focus and give Mac a 
therapeutic massage but now her plans did not seem 
quite as important as the matter at hand.  <br><p> 

Gazing lovingly into her eyes and pulling the pins 
from her hair so that the twist in her hair was 
removed, Mac placed his hands behind her head and 
rested on his forearms as he spoke. "I love how you 
wanted to make me feel so special. Thank you." Kissing 
her lightly on her face, neck, and chest he continued. 
"You're going to give me an inferiority complex 
because you do so many things so well." Mac expertly 
removed the bustier from Dara's body and caught his 
breath, his eyes taking in the sight of her body. 
Slowly lowering his body to hers he suggested, "Let's 
concentrate now on some things that we do well 
together...."  <br><p> 



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