Ack! I had this completely done and then my browser just shut down!
Anyway, thank you, Lieta and Michael!
Sorry, I didn't respond yesterday. I intended to, but then ended up spending most of yesterday in a fog as I was really hoping to finish this story over the weekend and was not nearly as close to doing so when I went to bed on Saturday as I would have liked. (I did it, though, sort of. The last chapter needed a fair amount of work this morning, but at least I had the basics done.)
Lieta - Maybe you should let Michael in on why Clark's in black. I think it will answer many of his questions.
Michael - Sorry, the Chad stuff still has a way to go yet. It will be abundantly clear when it happens, but for reference, the last flashback is in Chapter 46.
Look for 32 in the next few minutes...