Missing Lois - TOC A taste of Part 4:
“Anything to find your sister? Like run around in tights? Like marry that blonde woman? Like expose you to that Tempus fellow? I don’t see how we are any closer to finding Lois now, then we were two years ago, when he promised never to give up searching for her.”
Lois nicked her thumb with the knife. “Clark promised you what? When?”
Sam glanced over at Lois. “You cut your thumb, Sweetie.”
She glanced down at her thumb and stuck in her mouth. “It’s nothing, Daddy. What were you saying about Clark?”
He frowned at her. “Where’s your first aid kit?”
Back in her dimension, she had one in every room in her apartment. Human jinx. But here? “Try the bathroom.”
Sam returned a minute later with a bandage. He led her to the kitchen sink and washed her thumb, dried it, and covered it with the band-aid. He then kissed her on the forehead. “There, all better.”
Lois wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. “I missed you, Daddy.”
“And I missed you, pumpkin.”
She sat back down at the bar and finished preparing her breakfast.
“I spoke to Mike, yesterday, after you went back to work.”
Lois froze. She had forgotten about Uncle Mike. “You didn’t tell him about me, did you? The less people who know, the better.”
“Then why did you come looking for me?” Sam asked, digging into his yogurt.
“When Clark told me that you were at the shelter, I couldn’t leave you there.”
He sneered. “That man.”
“Ok, Daddy. Enough.” Lois put down her spoon and faced Sam. “Clark is good, decent and hard working, and he also happens to be the most caring person in Metropolis. What exactly do you have against him?”
“He’s a liar.”
Lois laughed. “Not Clark.”
KEY:
Lois = aka Lucy El, Lucy Lane
Clark = other Clark
Kal (Kal El) = Lois's Clark, father of her baby
Exceptions: when Lois writes in her diary, she calls her Clark, Clark and the Alternate Clark, Kal.
Please, let me know if I'm confusing any of you with Lois and her aliases and/or discussion of the other Lois or Lois's Clark. As we get farther along in the story, it might get even more confusing with all the Clarks and Loises about. I don't want to lose any readers because of this, so if you get lost, please let me know.
Still on the look out for Beta Readers, so if you're interested, please let me know.
Will post again Sunday night or Monday morning.
