Very nice beginning. Lois is in trouble (again), Clark is out looking for her (again), and her daughter either has some kind of link with her or she's very, very smart and has figured out that something's very wrong. It makes me wonder who Archer is and why he and Lois have this highly adversarial relationship. Who is the dead woman, and why was she killed? What does it have to do with Ash, or with the attempt on Lois, or maybe with her kids?

I'm going to read the next part, whether there are children or long hair styles or whatever! You have a good hook going.


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