This is 100 words exactly, not including the dashes. Hope it makes sense:


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It was better not to tell them. Why ruin a perfectly good marriage with something like this? And it was a good marriage---who could fault her for this one indiscretion? No, the truth would only bring pain. A knock at the door---he drifts down from where he was floating in mid-air and lies on his bed. He grabs a book and pretends to be reading. “Come In.”

His Dad. Dinner will be ready soon. Some small talk. The door closes.

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Clark pauses. No, it’s better not to tell him. He’ll never develop powers, anyway. Why burden him with the truth?

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And here's another one, 100 words:

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“The Truth, Clark!” She’d had it. Enough was enough.

Clark knew it. He could see the anger in her eyes. It was time to confess. No, scratch that. It was *past* time to confess. Contrite, he sheepishly looked up and met her gaze. “Lois,” he began, his voice unsteady, “I’m Superman.”

Lois glared at him, her silence somehow flaying Clark more than her words could have.

“I was going to tell you,” he fumbled. It was no good, though. He was toast.

“Oh?” she snapped. “When?!”

Above them, their little daughter squealed in delight while turning somersaults in the air.


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