Lois hadn't managed to fall asleep until well after midnight, and consequently, she awoke late and feeling bedraggled. The house was silent. She found a note on the kitchen table: 'I have gone to search for Mom. I'll be back around lunchtime, Clark.'
She made breakfast and took it to the computer, trying to convince herself that this was a good opportunity to get a large slab of the first chapter written.
Twenty minutes later, her toast and coffee were cold, and she had written one line. One poorly constructed sentence that was nothing more than a stain on her computer screen.
Corrina.
