is coming.

Unlike the "next" Game of Thrones book, this tale proceedeth apace. Your thoughts may be recorded for posterity should you so desire them to be.

(should've had someone beta that paragraph, I think)

Hey Terry

You can tell how hard the confrontation with Sam was for Lois. The gravity of his confession and panic she felt afterward are very gripping as we feel the heavy weight of her panic when she is forced to stomach her father's actions. The sprinkle of Lois' growing feelings for Clark and Cat's expert investigative skills brought a great balance to a tense and emotional chapter for Lois. Even war veteran Lois Lane isn't immune to those country-boy-secretly-from-another-planet-and-trying-his-best-to-be-her-best-friend-and-more charms.

Lex of course is just as twisted as always, ordering the deaths of many without a care in the world. Unfazed by taking a life with his own hands and able to put on the charm to talk his way out of the murder charge in a blink of an eye. /sits back and eats popcorn/ Let's see how far that gets him with this trio working together.

Thank you, folc4. Lois is caught on the horns of a dilemma: to write the truth and endanger her dad, or hold back the truth and protect him. She's made her choice, of course, and it works.

Bad Lex! Sneaky, evil, criminal Lex! Not too much salt on the popcorn, please - it's not healthy in excess.

Next chapter up in moments.

Luthor takes matters into his own hands... With an unexpected wrinkle in Cat, and a complete misreading of what Lois's reaction would be to being "rescued."

And Sam grows a spine... Even seeming to express a modicum of respect for Lois's chosen profession!