And open the door he did, because he wouldn’t dream of keeping someone who knocked so insistently out. And he happened to like that door, so if the lock was left intact before the start of this conversation then that would be nice as well.

“Sharon?” He’d assumed it’d be something checking on him because of Lois, but Sharon had always struck him as a very professional woman- something he’d always admired, look at whom he’d ended up marrying. So maybe she’d actually come get Clark’s help with something else? “Is there something wrong? Can I help you?”