When Churches Come Crashing Down
Folc4evernaday
Part 22
“I don’t care who the hell you are!” Lois snapped angrily at the security guard standing outside of Dr. Klein’s office. “I have every right to…”
“You can’t bring a baby into S.T.A.R. Labs…” The office argued.
“Why you little….”
“Lois!” Dr. Klein approached them with a concerned look. He seemed to pick up on the tension then nodded to the officer, “Mark, she’s okay.”
“But the baby…”
“Is fine.” Dr. Klein nodded, waiting for him to leave. He seemed to get the hint and finally left.
“Okay. What’s going on? I have never been grilled so hard about coming to your office in my life.” Lois snapped
“We’re on a security lockdown.” Dr. Klein explained, motioning for her to follow him. After assuring himself that the proper locks were in place he continued, “I’m sure you saw the news earlier.”
“Yeah. I haven’t been able to take my eyes off of it.” Lois shook her head, trying to calm her nerves, “What is going on Dr. Klein? You call me all frantic, telling me to come down to S.T.A.R. Labs. What is so important?”
“We found Clark.” Dr. Klein said slowly. “Well, actually, he found us.” He motioned for her to follow him. “He’s in an air tight room. We’re monitoring him right now, but I’m not sure what to do…”
“Do about what? Why is he in an airtight room?” Lois asked.
“Kryptonite poisoning.” He answered.
“What?” Lois asked in concern.
“It was in his lungs, his skin, everything…” Dr. Klein shook his head.
“How?” Lois asked in between tears.
“I don’t know.” Dr. Klein said. “Somehow it got into his system. He said he’d inhaled the smoke several times, trying to clear the air so he could see….”
“He’s awake?” Lois asked. “Can I see him?”
Dr. Klein shook his head, “I’m afraid I can’t let you do that, Lois. The baby…”
“Clark told you?” Lois asked, uncertainly.
“That you found Jordan? Yes, he’s sitting right there,” Dr. Klein pointed at Jordan who was still asleep in his stroller, oblivious to everything around him.
“Uh, yes, but..” she shook her head, deciding to just bite the bullet. “I’m pregnant.” She whispered hesitantly.
“Oh!” Dr. Klein beamed, “Congratulations!”
“Thanks,” Lois said softly, placing a protective hand over her growing abdomen,“What do we do now? How do we get this poison out of Clark?”
“I’m trying some different treatments with what we were working on before. You remember; the tests to try and create immunity against Kryptonite for Clark…and eventually your children?”
“Yeah.” She nodded, recalling the conversation. “I remember.”
“Many of the tests I used were based on the red variation of Kryptonite. It seemed to have a canceling out effect on the green. Unfortunately, I no longer have it in my possession.”
“Isn’t there anything else you can try?” Lois asked tearfully. “The longer that poison sits inside him the more harm it’s doing. He said he felt energized when he was in the sun… maybe sunlight will help?”
Dr. Klein sighed, nodding, “I’ll see what I can do. I’ll try and get some ideas from one of the scientists working on an alternative to chemotherapy. If we could burn it out….”
Lois nodded, “That’s good. Just do what you have to please…”
Dr. Klein nodded solemnly. “I am.” He gave a long wayward look at the sleeping baby in the car seat next to Lois. “He looks healthy.”
Lois nodded mutely, too upset to respond. “I’ll be back in a few. Feel free to stay as long as you want.”
“Dr. Klein?” She called after him.
“Yes?”
“Thank you. I’m really glad you’re helping Clark.”
“It’s my pleasure.”
***
Sam Lane stared at the metal doors in front of him. He’d been told that Dr. Klein was treating Superman. It was just his luck. He’d been hired to study how to transfer the super being’s powers from one body to another and here the man of steel lied for him to get what he needed from him.
***
Perry White jerked Jimmy Olsen’s desk drawers open, looking for any clue as to why he would go into the Metro Club. He’d just received the call from Alice that he’d been admitted to the hospital. There was nothing he could do. He wasn’t a blood relative. He had no contact information for the boy’s mother or father. Note after note of anything but was beginning to get to him. He finally pulled the final drawer open and was surprised to find a red glowing rock inside. “What in the world?”
***
Lois stepped off the elevator with a heavy heart. There was nothing she could do right now, but wait and hope Dr. Klein could get the Kryptonite out of Clark’s system in time. In the meantime, she could go to work and try and find the person that took the Kryptonite, to begin with. “You ready to see the bullpen, little one?” She asked.
Jordan just smiled up at her with a grin. He was oblivious to everything going on around him. She envied him. Being oblivious to the fact that someone had poisoned not only Clark but Jimmy and Jack too with Kryptonite had been a lot to handle. Dr. Klein had sun lamps on Clark right now and was waiting to hear back from Dr. Leigh about his alternative chemo methods. Burning the poison out of Clark was hard to imagine. She knew it would be painful for him, but not nearly as painful as what he was going through right now.
“Lois! What in the Sam Hill are you doing here?” Perry hollered across the newsroom before she could even step off the ramp. “Never mind! In my office!”
“Someone’s in a mood,” Lois muttered, carrying Jordan with her into Perry’s office as she ignored the stares from her colleagues.
“Close the door,” Perry said when she entered his office.
She did, taking a seat across from him, “What’s up?”
“Jack and Jimmy were in a bad accident. They’re in the hospital…”
“Yeah, I heard.”
“I was trying to get Jimmy’s mother or his father’s number but I couldn’t find it. I went through his desk and I found this.” Perry pulled out the red rock from his desk drawer. Immediately, Jordan began crying at the top of his lungs. “Is he all right?”
“I think so.” Lois said, trying to cover, “Can you put that away? I think it's scaring him…” She glanced at the rock a moment. “Why is it glowing? Perry, that’s radioactive…”
“OH!” Perry nodded, understanding the concern. He quickly slammed the rock inside his desk drawer then turned back to Lois. “Are you sure he’s okay?”
“Ah, ma..ma….blah..pa…” Jordan was rambling on and on as Lois pulled him out of the stroller to hold him.
“Well, someone’s a chatterbox.” Perry smiled at Jordan who had fisted Lois’ hair tightly as she held him close. He smiled at the picture before him. “You look like you were born to be that little boy’s mama.”
Lois smiled weakly at him, “Really? Because I have no idea what I’m doing.”
“You’re just scared. The fear will subside eventually.” Perry smiled reassuringly at her. “He looks so much like Clark.”
“I know. It’s scary.” She smiled down at Jordan.
“You never gave up.”
“Couldn’t.” Lois shook her head. “I knew he was out there somewhere.”
“I’m sorry I didn’t believe you, darlin’.”
“Well, given the circumstances I don’t blame you, Perry.” Lois sighed, taking a seat with Jordan. “What was Jimmy doing with that rock?”
“That’s the billion-dollar question,” Perry said amused.
“I’ll call Dr. Klein and have him pick it up. He’ll know what to do with it.” Lois said, hoping she wasn’t sounding too eager. That red rock looked like how Dr. Klein had described the red variation of Kryptonite. If that was the case, then they’d found what they needed to help Clark.
***
Lucy stared at the footage on the screen, entranced with the scene being replayed over and over again. The waiting rooms at Metropolis General left a lot to be desired, but she wasn’t here for comfort. She was here because the father of her child was in surgery having a bullet removed. She couldn’t seem to be able to stop crying.
She really cared about Jimmy. She could probably say that she even loved him, but she couldn’t say she was in love with him. She wasn’t sure if she’d say she was in love with anyone ever again. After what had happened with Lex she was gun shy about ever getting involved with anyone. Now, she was faced with the possibility of losing her best friend. She felt a hole in her heart bigger than she could ever imagine. How had she not seen how important he was to her? She kept pushing him away and pushing him away….
“Ms. Lane?” A nurse came into the room in surgical scrubs.
“Yes?”
“The doctor said to let you know he’s out of surgery.”
“Is he…?”
“I can’t discuss his case with you, unfortunately. Family only.”
“But I am family.” She argued. “He’s the father of my baby. I…”
The nurse nodded, “I’ll talk to Dr. Lee and have him come talk to you.”
Lucy nodded her thanks.
<< Family.>>
That’s what they were. They’d created a child together and would have to deal with the consequences. Family had always scared her for so long. After everything that had happened during her parent’s divorce she’d been fearful of putting her own child through the same hell. When Lex had proposed she’d never really thought about children with him. That was probably the first clue that they weren’t meant to be together.
With Jimmy…
She had imagined her life with him several times but had never been able to get past her fear of rejection and betrayal. Lex had betrayed her. Her father had betrayed her. Every boyfriend she’d ever had had betrayed her one way or another. How was Jimmy different? They all seemed nice at first until they decided they’d taken everything they could from you.
Her ego had taken a serious nose dive after the fiasco last summer. She was still putting the pieces of her life back together. Jimmy had been there as her friend through it all, but she knew he’d wanted more. One night they had been more. She still didn’t understand how that had happened. Why would someone drug an entire city to make them crazy on hormones?
***
“Lois?” Martha knocked on the front door of the townhome but received no answer.
“Where do you think they are?” Jonathan asked.
“I don’t know,” Martha said, reaching under the mat to pull out a spare key. “We’ll figure it out, though. We have a grandson to see.”
***
Sam Lane stared at the pale man of steel that lay beneath the sunlamps. He was unmoving and looked anything but super at the moment. He swallowed the vile that slowly began to make its way known in his throat.
What was he doing?
Practicing experiments on Superman?
His daughter would never forgive him if she found out.
But how would she find out? No one knew. No one would ever know.
An inaudible groan of pain from Superman brought him back to the present. He was obviously in pain. What could be causing it? He looked at his skin and noticed the green illumination seeping from its pores.
“What in the world?” He muttered.
He looked up at Superman once more. He was unconscious.
<< “One million dollars. Your name will be plastered everywhere as a brilliant scientist making a breakthrough for all mankind. You will be known as the man that discovered how to steal Superman’s powers.>>
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a gleaming silver object.
***
“You’re going to sit here and tell me that she knew nothing about Amanda kidnapping of the Kents' baby?” Henderson scoffed. “Do I look like I was born yesterday?”
“Mr. Henderson, I am not a good judge of age.” Ms. Hunter said with a warm smile. “What I do know is that all you have on my client is the possession of the minor child in question that she was told to babysit for Ms. Marshall. There was no exchange of custody or kidnapping as far as my client is concerned.”
“Oh come off it!” Henderson snapped. “The first thing out of your client’s mouth when we arrested her was the blaming of some guy named Nigel. We still don’t know what she was referring to. She was in this neck deep and you know it. Do you have any idea what kind of hell the Kents have been going through for the last few months?”
“It sounds to me like you’re a bit too close to this case, Inspector.”
“It sounds to me like you’re reaching so far your arm’s falling off, Ms. Hunter.” Henderson snapped. “You wanna play hardball. Go ahead. But I’ll warn you you’ll get no sympathy from the DA or anyone else around here. You don’t kidnap the baby of two prominent citizens and get away with it.”
“You don’t try and pin false charges on someone either.”
“Possession is nine-tenths of the law.” Henderson snapped.
A knock at the door interrupted them. Mayson stood with her files in hand and a grim look on her face. “Am I interrupting something?”
“Not at all.” Ms. Hunter said briskly, turning away from Henderson. “I was just explaining to your inspector here the holes in his case.”
“Oh? Well, maybe you should enlighten me on that, Ms. Hunter because I don’t see how your client has a chance.” Mayson said with a smile. “First, your client watches as Amanda Marshall kidnaps a helpless baby and does NOTHING. Then, your client is caught by a third party and blackmailed into destroying evidence which she did. And finally, she takes possession of the kidnapped child. Please, point out what I’ve missed.”
Ms. Hunter stared at Mayson a moment, unsure of how to proceed, “Did you say she destroyed evidence?”
“Yes. I have the video surveillance of her doing so from when she was employed at the DA’s office. What’s wrong? Didn’t your client fill you in on all of that?”
***
Sam smiled as he placed the tissue sample in his pocket along with the hair sample he’d extracted from the man of steel. Duplicating his powers with the samples would soon bring fame to his name. Lois would never know. Not that he was that close to her, to begin with, but he knew if she ever found out…
“Lois…”
His head turned sharply back towards the unconscious figure beneath the sunlamps. Why did Superman just call out his daughter’s name?
***
That evening, Lois watched in amusement as Jordan rolled himself from one end of the living room to the other. He still hadn’t grasped the concept of crawling. He would get on his hands and knees and rock back and forth as if he was trying to move, but still was unmoving. He still found other methods of getting around on his own.
He seemed to grow more and more accustomed to her as time went on. He was constantly touching her. His little hands found her face and hair. He enjoyed fisting her hair with his little hands, tugging on her hair tightly. It hurt like hell, but it made him laugh.
Dr. Klein had sent her home after hours of waiting in his office. He’d promised to call her as soon as there was a change. The phone hadn’t rung all afternoon. When she’d arrived home she’d seen a note from Martha and Jonathan that they were in town and looking for her and Clark. She’d had no luck in trying to track them down. No phone calls. Nothing. Hopefully, they’d check back soon. She had no way of knowing if they knew about Clark yet.
She suspected they’d seen the papers on Jordan; hence the reason for their visit. Clark had tried to reach them that morning but had had no luck; the same with her family. Her father was out of the office for an undetermined amount of time. Her mother’s machine was off and Lucy was…Well, Lucy.
She did her best to focus on Jordan, hoping that would dull the ache she felt in her heart. She knew Clark would pull through this. He had to. So, she could yell at him for taking such a huge risk like this. He cautioned her time and time again about taking risks and not looking before she leaped. Yet, he was the one that seemed to end up under doctor’s observation more often than her. If she ever figured out how she’d take every piece of Kryptonite on the planet and have it thrown in the sun to keep it from harming her family ever again.
A thump on her shoulder jolted her back to the present. Jordan was staring at her with a curious look on his face. “What is it, sweetie?” She asked.
He held up a red and yellow ball and hit her shoulder with it. “Oh, you want to play, huh?” She picked him up and laid him on her stomach where he slammed the ball on her shoulder once more. He clapped his hands together, congratulating himself on a job well done. “You think that’s funny?” She teased. He just beamed back at her with a broad grin. It was hard to keep a serious tone around him. He definitely had his father’s smile. She fought the tears that she knew were threatening to overtake her. “I guess it is a little funny, huh?”
He clapped his hands once more. She laughed, standing up as she held him against her chest. “You are such a big boy.” She said wistfully.
His response was a big grin spreading across his face. “You agree, huh?”
A knock at the door caught her attention. She walked over to the door with Jordan in hand. She peered through the peephole, checking on her unannounced visitor. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her in-laws on the other side of the door. She swung the door open, inviting them in. “Jonathan, Martha, come on in. I’ve been worried about you.”
Martha was quick to wrap both Lois and Jordan in a hug. “We had stopped by earlier but you weren’t home. We’ve been looking all over for you.” She looked around the room. “Where’s Clark? Out on a rescue?”
Lois’ face quickly fell at the mention of Clark’s name. Jonathan took Jordan from her protective arms. “Hey, little guy.”
“What’s wrong?” Martha asked concerned.
“I guess you two haven’t been anywhere near a television with the news on it, huh?” Lois asked.
“Why? What’s wrong?” Martha asked.
Lois pulled out the afternoon edition of the Planet. “WHERE’S SUPERMAN?”
“Oh, my…” Martha stared at the front page. “What happened?”
“He went to help find Jimmy and Jack because Perry couldn’t find them. He saw the Metro Club on fire and went in and….There was Kryptonite.” Lois could no longer hold back the tears. “I’m sorry. I know I should have told you sooner. We tried calling you this morning about Jordan, but I guess you already figured it out. We’ve both had so much going on with everything. Intergang, Lucy, Jimmy, Jordan, and the baby and then there’s that Leigh-Anne person….” She placed a hand on her growing abdomen as the tears fell down her cheeks simultaneously. She was oblivious to the shocked looks on her in-laws' faces.
“Baby?” They asked in unison.
She stopped her rant and looked up at them through her tears, “We just found out.”
***
Dr. Klein stared at Clark’s motionless body, checking the monitors one by one as he injected the sample of his prototype K-vaccine into the IV. He’d done this a thousand times before. He’d exposed Clark to green Kryptonite then tested a vaccine on him. The only difference was, this time, Clark’s life depended on it. Clark wasn’t conscious to tell him if it hurt or if he was sick. He had no way of knowing how this was affecting him.
All he could do was wait.
***
Why would Superman call his daughter’s name in his subconscious? They said the truth came out in dreams. Maybe he was in love with her? She’d said they were friends. How good of friends were they? He didn’t spend that much time with Lois anymore. Ever since she moved out in her late teens their relationship had left a lot to be desired. She remained standoffish with him and he continued to make attempts every time he felt the need. He was hardly father of the year but that didn’t mean he didn’t care about the well-being of his daughter.
If she were more than friends with Superman then she would be cheating on her husband. He wasn’t one to judge such behavior but he could try and stop her from making the same mistakes he had. He didn’t know Clark that well, but from what Lucy had said he seemed ideal for Lois.
He needed to take action. He flipped through various articles he’d collected over the years of Lois’ work. She seemed to write a lot of exclusives on the man of steel, but so did Clark. He was proud of the way she went after criminals. She definitely was a force to be reckoned with. It had been hard seeing her after she’d lost her baby. She was a mere shell of her former self. She reminded him of how Ellen had been after their divorce; broken.
He would not let that happen again. Whatever may or may not be going on between Superman and his daughter would come to an end now.
***
“Lana?” Martha shook her head in shock. “I don’t understand. Why would she do something like this?”
“Who knows?” Lois shrugged. “Henderson found her with Jordan. The DA has the case now. As far as I’m concerned they can both go to hell for what they did. I’ve lost six months of his life.”
Martha placed a supportive hand on Lois.’ “I can’t even begin to imagine what this has been like for you two.”
Lois shrugged it off. “We got through it….the best we knew how.”
“I’m not sure I understand how Clark got Kryptonite inside him,” Jonathan said, shaking his head.
“Me neither,” Lois said, shaking her head. “Dr. Klein thinks it was in the smoke. So, something had to be burning.”
“How’s your friends?” Martha asked.
“I don’t know.” Lois shook her head. “No one’s called.”
***
Jimmy slowly awoke to the sound of a monotone beep next to him. He felt a familiar warmth next to him. He had the most wonderful dream. He and Lucy were married and raising their child together as a family. It was a pipe dream, but he wanted to hold onto it for as long as he could.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked around. Next to him was Lucy Lane sleeping on top of him. He smiled to himself. Maybe it hadn’t been a dream?
***
“ARGH!”
Dr. Klein rushed into the exam room where Clark lay beneath the sunlamps. He watched in horror as small green pebbled shaped objects seeped out of his skin. He’d never seen anything like it. Clark’s body was rejecting the Kryptonite in his system and pushing it out with a force unknown to all.
“Clark?”
He received no response except for another cry of agony.
He was in pain but he was alive. That had to count for something, right? Hopefully, he would be able to call Lois soon and tell her Clark was okay. Right now was definitely not the best time, though.
***
“A clone?” Nigel scoffed. “That’s your big plan on transferring Superman’s powers to humans?”
“I have to breed it first, but once I’m done we can transfer the powers from the clone to anyone we want,” Sam explained.
“The last time a clone was created he died.” Nigel snapped.
“But you didn’t have me in charge of the clone’s growth. Trust me.” Sam smiled. “You’ll have Superman’s powers in no time.”
<<And I’ll make sure he stays as far away from my daughter as possible>>
***
Lois knocked on the hospital door marked, “313.” A muffled “Come in.” came from the other side of the door. She opened the door and was surprised to find Jimmy sitting in the chair beside the hospital bed.
“Hi, what are you doing out of bed?” She asked concerned.
“I just wanted to walk around a bit,” Jimmy said with a smile. “I’m okay. I’m still hooked up to this…” He gestured to the monitors next to him.
“You gave us quite a scare,” Lois said, taking a seat in one of the extra chairs.
“I know. I’m sorry.” Jimmy apologized.
“You tried to investigate a murder….without telling ANYONE what you were up to?” She prompted.
“Hey, I learned from the best.” He pointed out.
“That’s not funny.” Lois shook her head. “I’ll admit I have taken some risks I shouldn’t have to get a story.”
“Some of the time?” Jimmy scoffed.
“That’s not the point, Jimmy.” Lois snapped.
The both grew quiet. Jimmy slowly looked back at her, “Everybody keeps saying Superman disappeared after that fire. What happened to him?”
“I don’t know.” She said quietly.
He looked from her to the door then back again, “Where’s CK?”
“S.T.A.R. Labs.” She said with a smile. “He, uh, he’s trying to find out what happened to Superman and why..” She said covering. It was still the truth. He was at S.T.A.R. Labs.
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.” Lois nodded.
“How’d you know CK was the one?”
Lois couldn’t hide the pained expression that crossed her face as she smiled at her young friend, “I don’t know.” She knew she was about to cry. “Everything with Clark just….it kinda hit me all at once. I was in love with him before I even knew what had happened. It just kinda snuck up on me, but when it did…. I couldn’t imagine my life without him….or Jordan.”
Jimmy smiled back at her. “The Chief said Inspector Henderson found him.”
“Yeah, they wouldn’t let me bring him with me; so I left him at home with Clark’s parents.”
“I’m happy for you guys. I know the last few months haven’t been easy for either one of you.”
“Yeah, it's funny. I didn’t even want to be a mother until that right was taken from me. I’ve lost six months of my son’s life that I will never get back.”
“I can’t even imagine what that feels like for you and CK. I…I know mine and Lucy’s situation isn’t the best…”
“You’ll work through it,” Lois said reassuringly.
“I never want to go through what you guys went through.”
“Well, the nut jobs that kidnapped him are in jail; so I think Lucy’s safe to have the baby at the hospital.” Lois joked.
Jimmy smiled, “And you.” He pointed at her abdomen.
Lois looked at him perplexed, “How did you…?”
“Congrats by the way.” He smiled, “The …uh runs to the bathroom…and the moods…Same as Lucy” He shrugged.
“You’re something else, Jimmy. Full of surprises.”
“You have no idea.” Jimmy smiled back at her. She didn’t notice the packet of papers he glanced at on the side table next to the hospital bed.
***
The pain was unbearable. He could barely move. The pain throbbed through his entire body; even down to his bones. He’d never felt anything like it. A vague memory of waking up in a hospital with his parents by his side came to mind. Even the pain he’d woken up to that afternoon so many months ago was nothing compared to what he felt at this moment. Opening his eyes proved to be a battle.
“Clark?”
***
“You’re telling me this Miranda person tried to kill you?” Inspector Henderson asked, taking a seat next in the chair across from Toni Taylor’s hospital bed.
“Yes,” Toni said vehemently. “She shot me. She shot those kids.” She said hoarsely.
Outside the room, Lois listened in with interest. She’d stopped to catch her breath after visiting Jimmy. It had been hard to pretend Clark was fine when she knew he wasn’t. This was just another price she paid being Superman’s wife. Never being able to share everything with her friends.
“So, you’re saying Miranda was responsible for the fire at your club?” Henderson asked.
“Yes, she said she was trying to trap Superman. I don’t know how.” Toni shook her head. “She’s crazy.”
‘Miranda?’ Lois wondered to herself.
“We’ll see what we can find out. Until then do you have someplace you can stay?” Henderson asked.
“I don’t think I’ll be leaving anytime soon,” Toni said dryly.
“All right, I’ll check back,” Henderson said.
Lois moved away from the room as quickly as she could without drawing attention to herself. “Miranda?” She muttered to herself. This was the woman that had set a trap for her husband. She had hurt Clark. Now, Lois decided she would find her and figure out why she was coming after him.
***
“What happened?” Clark asked as he rubbed his temples shakily. Dr. Klein had run test after test on him ever since he’d woken up that afternoon. He still was unclear of what had happened to him. The last thing he recalled was searching for Jack and Jimmy at the Metro Club.
“You absorbed quite a bit of Kryptonite in your system.” Dr. Klein explained cautiously. He looked at the valve of small glowing green shards on his desk. “It looks like our assumption with the Red variation of Kryptonite was correct. You seem to slowly be regaining your powers.”
“Great,” Clark muttered, rubbing his wrist as he stood up. “Does that mean I’ll be back at a hundred percent again?”
“I’m not sure.” Dr. Klein explained evasively. “You see, your body’s been through quite an ordeal. We don’t know what kind of side effects that Red Kryptonite could have on you.”
“Where’s Lois?”
***
“This has to all be connected somehow,” Henderson muttered under his breath as he scribbled his notes on his desk. “Miranda’s name keeps popping up.”
“You okay over here?” Sergeant Zymack asked, approaching Henderson’s office.
“Yeah,” Henderson muttered nonchalantly.
“You talking to yourself pretty loud. You okay?” Zymack looked at him in concern.
“It's just been a rough few days,” Henderson explained.
“I gotcha.” Zymack nodded. “Try not to let it get you down. Look on the bright side. You cracked that kidnapping case wide open.”
“Yeah.”
“Still can’t believe all the stuff coming out of that Lana Lang’s mouth. She’s over there blaming some guy named ‘Nigel’ and a chick named ‘Cox’. Who names their kids that anyway?”
“I don’t…” He stopped a moment. “Did you say, ‘Cox’?”
“Yeah,” Zymack said, not understanding the connection. “Why?”
“If it’s the same person then there’s definitely a connection.”
***
TBC...
