Welcome back, Nan. Glad you are still working on this story.
Christmas in Smallville should be a time of presents, snow, good food, and lots of love. A murder in town is not expected. Especially after Clark has lost all his powers. Something tells me that this is going to be a series of cliff-hangers knit into a story. Lois with a diamond she must hide from Lex and the boys, Jack & Denny, becoming model citizens are a few of the surprises. You have all kinds of twists in this story that leaves me wanting to read more. I have always loved the fact that Lois was Clark/Superman's biggest cheerleader since she has known from the beginning just who Charlie/Clark/Superman is when he is in civilian clothes. And she loved him regardless of his name or appearance. Nice beginning to a story!
Pat