I love the fertility-goddess-become-firewood
Since you like the fertility-goddess-becomes-firewood scene, Rivka and Doranwen, I have an addition scene for you:
Clark moved quickly when he entered the smoky apartment. He drew in a breath, rounding up the smoke and exhaling it into the atmosphere before realizing that Lois was sitting casually on the couch, flipping absently through a magazine.
“Lois?” he asked.
“Oh, hi, Clark,” Lois responded casually, as if only now noticing that he was home.
“Is there something you need to tell me?” Clark asked, his eyes going between her and the still smoking metal trash can sitting not five feet away from her in the middle of the floor.
She glanced around the room as if not even seeing the smoldering garbage can. “No. Can’t think of a single thing,” she said before returning her attention to the magazine in her hands.
Clark knitted his eyebrows together as he stepped closer to the trash can. His sensitive sense of smell could detect the slight odor of gasoline - as if someone had been adding an accelerant to the fire. Looking in the can, he could see that newspaper had also been added, although the main item, now not much more than a scorched piece of wood which, prior to being burned had been seriously maimed with a knife was...
“Lois, any particular reason you chose to burn my fertility goddess?” he asked.
She glanced up from the magazine before slowly rising to her feet and making her way over to stare down into the can beside Clark. After a moment, seeming to assess the damage, she walked back over to the couch and sat down before speaking. “It’s nothing really, Clark,” she said, picking up the magazine once again. “We just had a... Well, let’s just call it a difference of opinion.”
I completely missed the link between Preston and teh van. Yay for keeping us off the scent!
I'm glad I managed to keep you off the scent, Karen. I'm also glad you enjoyed the ending with David. Gerry was the one who suggested that scene go at the end and that I add a bit more meat to it, so you really should thank her.
Anyway, I'm glad you guys enjoyed the story. It was a fun one to write.
ML
