Hi Virginia

Thanks for your speculation on the ending. Actually, your version was close to my original thoughts - I was going to have Martha arrive in the *middle* of Clark's argument with Lois. Then, I figured that if Martha heard him say some of the things he said to Lois, she was going to give him a talking to.

But then I decided that, after all they'd been through, the Clark/Martha reunion couldn't involve Clark getting into trouble from his mom.

I found it interesting that you went with Martha's POV, and I thought it worked well.

I *really* liked the idea of the vacation to Hawaii!

Michael - is Clark *really* dumb enough to stay away for 18 years? And just the thought of writing a story that covers 18 years makes me tired!

Thanks to both of you for your thoughts. smile

Corrina.