Ooh, excitement! Drama! And my first thought at the end of the chapter was "maybe *now* a judge will do something about Ellen." And Clark didn't have to face the question of whether to use his powers or not, which is good.
Ouch about Lucy seeing the accident, though. Not that she could have had much respect for her mother beforehand, but still...
PJ
"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."
--Stardust, Caroline K
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