LauraHex -- Sorry, maybe I should have put a heart warning at the beginning? blush

CarolD -- Apologies to your husband lol . The plot bunny blindsided me a bit too on this one. Poor Clark! And poor Lois!

bakasi -- Yeah, I felt Mxyzptlk would not pull his punches. And after the number of times he's failed, he's cutting things a bit loose now..... eek

Again, thanks for commenting ^-^ , I'll post the next part later tonight (in about 3 hours).