Well, Sherry quite rightly pricked my conscience over on the other boards that I haven't replied to these helpful comments to part 3, so here I am, all repentant.
The ending for this story has been vexing me ever since I found myself writing this thing. It's interesting to see the mixed views and queries from you, the readers, because I have the same feelings. I can't say more for fear of giving myself away, but I will say that I've now chosen a course of action and we're all stuck with it. <g>
My overriding concern is to keep this a fairly tightly-written story. Too often, I ramble on into lengthy epics, indulging myself profusely, so this time I want to see if I can keep to the discipline of a story which will hopefully come in well under 100 pages. Other writers are to blame for this approach, I may add - CC and Lynn amongst them - who I admire greatly for their ability to write a gripping story without straying from the point, if you know what I mean.
It's interesting and very helpful to see which parts different readers enjoyed the most - you
all seem to vary a little in what presses your buttons.
Jose, thank you for laughing at that Elvis comment - I'd feared it was a little lame, so I'm really glad it worked for you.
Rivka, I haven't the foggiest if this is a legitimate technique that George employed or not, although I have this very distant and elusive memory that I saw it being used somewhere else (probably in another non-legitimate psycho-babble story
).
Tank, who knows? Maybe someone is busily creating a clone while Clark languishes in self-indulgent misery at the clinic.
Thanks to everyone who spotted typos and phrases which were a bit clunky.
Yvonne
is more harmful to Clark than green kryptonite.
