Hey, I thought you were supposed to be torturing Clark, not torturing *me*! I was reading along just fine until Lex decided to kill 2 birds with one stone. Then I had the following conversation with myself:

me: OMG! I have to skip ahead to see that happens!
me: No. Continue reading. You do not want to miss a word of this.
me: I can't! I *have* to know what happens!
me: You will. not. skip ahead! You will read until you find out.
me: No! Please, let me skip! I promise I'll come back. I will. I'll come back. Just let me skip ahead and find out what happens.
me: Stop it! Calm down. Take a deep breath. Now continue reading.

So I did. I read every word. Every powerful, gut-wrenching word. Great chapter. Terry is right about the excellent mix of Waff and Wham. Well done. thumbsup

I can't wait to read more...

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution" - Daniel Webster