Your ears must've been burning because I was wondering when a new part of your story would post. Twice a week!
Happy to be of service! Also, I'm a sucker for feedback, so I always want to post stuff.
Yea! Clark has a family. I was so worried that they would bring Trask in and ask his side.
Trask never reported him as missing. HUGE red flag, coupled with Clark's obvious terror and tale of abuse.
Clark is learning a lot. In 4 months, he's not only learned how to read and write, but to realize that he loves it enough to be a journalist. That's some accomplishment.
<nods> He's one smart boy. The photographic memory normally attributed to him certainly helps in the learning process. And he *is* sort of fated to be a journalist.
I'm curious about the "first" Clark, who Martha mentioned. What happened during the adoption process that caused M&J to be so adamently denied adoption rights. Were they given an infant to watch, who died of SIDS in its sleep? And they were blamed for its death? I could see something like that happening.
There's no "first" Clark. She merely said that if they had ever had a boy, that's the name they had chosen for him. Kinda like how hubby and I sometimes talk about names we like for kids even though we aren't pregnant yet, and don't know if we ever will be that lucky. As for the denial, I left it a bit open ended. I might go back and change it. I was thinking along the lines of an arrest record (the J&M of canon marched for civil rights, though they don't ever mention being arrested). I know that can prevent an adoption from happening (I know someone who's hubby has a record for something stupid and they will probably never be able to adopt because of it).
I couldn't see Clark leaving the Kents and willingly going into foster care with another family or being taken somewhere else with the sheriff. He would surely rebel and escape again, going off on his own, but this time avoiding people entirely, so that he would no longer form attachments as he had with the Kents, only to have his heart broken again. I'm so glad he wasn't forced to go that route. (LOIS: Me, too.)
That's a very sad thought!!! Although, on the other hand, maybe he would have made his way back to the Kents and they would have just hidden the fact that he returned?
Looking forward for more. Sorry about the short FDK but I do want some time to work on my story tonight, before my head hits the keyboard in ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Ha! I know the feeling! I feel like I've been working on chapter 2 of Broken for weeks (I really haven't been, but I want to write tonight and my eyes are starting to get droopy).
/pst. You're missing an opening bracket at the beginning of an Italics marker, towards the end of your story/
Ah, much appreciated. All fixed now!
