This story is reminding me more and more of "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Hmmm, if more parallels continue between this and "Purgatory", Lois will marry Lex, and they'll have a son, who doesn't have Lex's evil nature. Wait a minute, Clark had been intimate with Lois. Could the son be ...? But Edmund and Mercedes never got back together. Will Clark and Lois not get back together too? Oh no.

I'm enjoying this so far. More soon, please.

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