Ooh!! Terrific beginning to an utterly fantastic short story by the brilliant Meredith Knight.
It's Illusions of Candour.
Okay, this is from a favourite of mine from a couple of years back:
"Somebody help! The bridge is going to collapse!" The frightened voice made Clark Kent jerk his head up suddenly, earning a few skeptical looks from his Daily Planet colleagues. Clark looked over at his partner and fiancee, Lois Lane. She raised her eyebrows questioningly, and made a quick hand motion under the table. Clark nodded furtively.
"Ah...Perry...?"
"Clark has to..."
Lois and Clark started at the same time. Perry slowly looked over at the two of them expectantly.
"Any particular reason why you two are disrupting my staff meeting?" he drawled.
Wendy
