Nice chapter, Lara!
it was just the last drop!
Did you mean "the last straw"?
Of course, it couldn't possibly be his fault that something had come up, but it meant she'd be stuck with lots of extra work, not to mention she needed her partner there for a whole slew of other reasons, besides work.
That's right, Lois, you do! And, Lara, the whole next paragraph is so sweet. Well, right up until Lois gets mad that Clark is unreliable, that is!
This whole chapter makes me want to cry for Clark. All his thoughts when Lois comes to the apartment and the city's rejection of him. And then this...
How do you say goodbye to the woman you love?
owww....
And Toyman, I don't know, he said something about space rats.
Nice inside joke!