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Day 4 part 4
*** 5:59 pm November 3rd
Lex's office was built into the back corner of the Talon where the old theater stock room had been located. At twenty feet by thirty feet the room was much smaller then the work area he used at home but it was still able to comfortably seat ten people as well as hold his large mahogany H&M desk and matching computer chair.
There were no windows in the room. All the light came from a few scattered lamps and a fancy overhead bulb that burned bright from above.
Chloe watched as Dr. Reese directed Lex to sit, positioning him purposefully in the center of the room. Staring at the young playboy as he took his seat, many thoughts ran through the conflicted teenagers head. Thoughts of love and romance, mysteries and heart-break over-whelmed her. Crossing her fingers, Chloe hoped for some answers. Answers that would lift the pain from her heart.
Sitting erect in his expensive Gucci chair Lex's face was an unreadable mask. His icy blue eyes were completly devoid of all emotion. His mouth was a straight line. He neither smiled or frowned.
Staring straight ahead, focusing his attention on nothing Chloe noted that Lex had not said a word since he had agreed to help. To Chloe, the complete lack of emotion that registered in his empty eyes was far worse then any teriffied expression he could show. His hands gripped the arms of his chair as if his life depended on it, turning his knuckles a pale ghostly white. He clearly did not want to remember.
"We are going to do some age regression therapy, Alex. I want to transport you back to that Halloween two years ago." Dr. Reeses slowly explained. Lex nodded, a movement that was so nearly imperceptible to the young reporter that she actually had to wonder if it even happened.
Looking around Chloe glanced at the other people in the room. Those people were Dr. Reese, Clark and Clarks parents, who had refused to allow thier son to be be involved in something so strange without their presence. Lana had gone home for the night before Chloe had even arrived and Nell was taking care of the customers outside.
Chloe watched with baited breath as Dr. Reese told Lex to relax before carefully begining to count backwards. As the doctor spoke Lex's rigid body seemed to slowly mellow, his muscles becoming slack. Slowly his eyes closed as his chest rose and fell at a very shallow pace. To all present he looked like he was alseep.
"Alex, I want you to go back in time. Not one year, but two." Dr. Reese began, her voice was low and soothing. "I want you to remember a very important time in your life. I want you to remember Halloween. Do you remember?"
"No." His voice sounded very soft and faraway.
"Try." Dr. Reese probed gently. "What do you see."
"Blackness." Lex whispered. "Nothing."
"Open your mind. Try to see some colors. Are you alone?"
"I am always alone." Even in his hypnotized state, Lex seemed like he did not want to be doing this, like he was resisting. For a moment Chloe felt like interupting the session. She wanted to shout at the doctor and make her stop talking to Lex. She wanted Dr. Reese to stop forcing the bad memories on him, making the always confident Luthor look so helpless. She couldn't stand seeing him so out of sorts but instead of interupting she just sat there with her mouth shut, listening.
Chloe couldn't interupt. She had to know what happened. She was just as curious as the rest of the room, maybe even more so, and nothing could keep her from the answers. Still, despite the way Lex had made her feel earlier that day, it pained her to see him so uncomfortable.
"Where are you?" Dr. Reese asked Lex, trying another route.
"In the closet." He replied easily, staring straight ahead at a blank white wall.
"What are you doing in the closet?"
"Hiding." His eyes were alive with the memory.
"From who?"
"I can't tell you." He replied firmly..
"Okay. Thats okay. Are you in Metropolis?" Dr. Reese asked. Her voice was very calm as she spoke, like she was talking to a very small and helpless child.
"Yes." A short nod of his head accompanied his comment.
"Are there other people near you?"
"Yes." Once again he nodded.
"Who?"
"Trever, Nichole and Gwen."
"What are they doing."
"Bleeding."
"Why are they bleeding, Alex?"
"They hurt themselves."
"Why did they hurt themselves?"
"She told them to."
"Who did."
"I can't say." Lex's demeanor was stony as he spoke but his voice sounded frightened as he said the last three words.
"Why did she tell them to hurt themselves?"
"Because they failed."
"Failed at what."
"Killing me."
"Why would your friends want to kill you?"
"She told them to."
"How do you know they wanted to kill you?"
"Because they were after me."
"After you. What do you mean?"
"They tried to kill me. They had knives. I hid in the closet."
"All three of your friends attacked you?"
"Yes."
"What were you doing before they attacked you?"
"Asking questions."
"Who were you asking?"
"The board."
"What kind of board?"
"The oujia board."
"Your friends tried to kill you after playing with an oujia board. When they failed they killed them selves. Is that correct?"
"Not all of them."
"Who didn't try to kill you?"
"No, you dont understand. They all tried to kill me. Two of them didn't kill themselves." His voice was steady but monotone.
"Which two."
"Nichole and Trever."
"Why didn't they kill themselves?"
"They didn't get the chance?"
"Did they all remove their eyes?"
"Nichole didn't."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"What happened?"
"They went insane."
"Did all three of them attack you at the same time?"
"No. Not all of them. Nichole didn't at first."
"Did Gwen and Trever try to hurt her too?"
"No."
"Why didn't they go after her?"
"I don't know."
"Did she hide?"
"Yes. I let her in the closet with me."
"Was Nichole trying to hurt you?"
"Not at first."
"What was she doing."
"Screaming."
"Then what."
"Then she changed."
"How did she change?"
"She became differnt. She tried to kill me." Lex stumbled over his words, shaking his head as he spoke. For a brief second he looked dazed, likehe was lost in thought. When he looked up from the floor a thin line of red streamed from his left nostril.
"How did she try to kill you?" Dr. Reese continued to question the zombie- like billionaire, ignoring the bloodied nose.
"She had a knife." He replied quickly.
"Then what."
"She died."
"How did she die?"
"She was stabbed."
"I thought you said she didn't kill herself."
"She didn't."
"What happened?"
"She could't breath."
"What was she choking on?"
"Nothing."
"Then what was keeping her from breathing."
"My hands."
"You were strangeling her?"
"I had to. She was trying to kill me."
"She was trying to stab you so you choked her. Then what?"
"I stopped."
"Why?"
"I loved her. " Lex's voice revealed no emotion as he spoke but Chloe noticed a single tear slip down his expressionless face.He didn't wipe it away as it slid easily down his cheek, dropping onto the floor. A feeling of jealousy towards the dead girl shot through the heart-broken reporters already trembeling body. " I didn't want her to die." He spoke sincerly.
"Did she try to hurt you when you let go?"
"Yes." He hissed.
"So you stabbed her?"
"Yes. I killed her." His voice was calm.
"Then what."
"Then it became quiet."
"So what did you do?"
"I came out of the closet."
"Did you see your friends?"
"Yes."
"Where they dead?"
"Gwen was."
"What about Trever?"
"He was alive. His eyes were gone."
"Did he try to kill you?"
"Yes."
"Did you kill him?"
"Yes." A flash of grief passed across his face then quickly vanished.
"What were you asking the board?" Dr. Reese asked, switching subjects.
"About my mother."
"What about your mother?"
"I wanted to talk to her"
"She died of cancer right?"
"No. That was a lie."
"Then how?"
"My father killed her."
"Lionel Luther killed your mother?" Dr. Reese's voice was filled with shock. "Yes." Lex spoke easily, as if he was saying nothing more than a casual hello.
"Why?"
"I don't know." He shrugged.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"What differnce would it make."
"Are you afraid of your father?"
"Sometimes." Lex suddenly shifted uncomfortably in his seat. His voice sounded distant, like he didn't want to answer.
"How do you know it was your father?"
"I saw him."
"You were there?"
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"My mother was going to take me away. She said she was going to take me to a safe place. He found out and he killed her."
"How did he kill her?"
"He shot her."
"Enough!" A furious voice bellowed from across the room.
Looking up everyone in the office froze as the imposing figure of Lionel Luthor suddenly appeared in the doorway.
"Alexander, Get up." Lionel growled at his son as he stalked across the Talon's office. His strides were long and quick and in seconds he was infront of his son. Glaring at Dr. Reese Lionel reached out and tugged Lex's body up from the chair. "Let's go." He snarled to Lex, who stumbled to his feet as his father jerked him roughly upward.
"We are leaving, Now!" Lionel shouted, his face turning a dark red, when his son did not obey. Lex just stood there calmly staring into space, completly oblivious to his fathers wrath. His mind was obviously elsewhere. Frowning at the doctor Lionel continued to shout. "What have you done to my son?" The rich man asked furiously.
"Alexander, wake up." Dr. Reese said gently looking over at Lex.
Blinking the twenty-one year old billionaire suddenly came to his sences. Looking around himself confused Lex frowned. When his puzzled gaze met his fathers angry eyes his frown deepened. "What are you doing here?" Lex asked shaking his head, clearing his mind of phantom memories.
"I do believe I am the one that shoud be asking that question of you, son." Lionel replied stepping towards Lex threateningly.
"What happened?" Lex asked his typically confidant facade not yet in place. His eyes looked haunted with worry as he took a step back and away from his father.
"Once again you have said too much to the wrong people." Lionel stated aggrivated. "Hopefully no one in this room actually believes the drivel you spouted." Lionel continued, glaring at each person in the room in turn. "If someone here were to waste their time looking into this nonsence they just might find themselves, or someone they love, in a world of trouble." The powerful man's hateful gaze landed on Chloe as he spoke the last words.
"Don't threaten these people, father." Lex stated, quickly distracting Lionels wrath from the young reporter. Chloe felt a flood of relief and gratitude pass through her when Lionel took his attention away from her focusing his rage back on his son.
Narrowing his eyes angrely at Lex, Lionel continued. "Its not a threat, its a warning, son." Lionel said calming his temper. "Besides, what makes you think anyone in this room is not going to go run to some rag news paper and repeat all this insanity that you have been spreading. I am a busy man. I do not have time for false investigations."
"Don't worry, father. I am sure no one is going to say anything." Lex assured him. "They are just trying to help a girl."
"What makes you think they won't tell, huh? You think these people are your friends?" Lionel asked motionng to the room in a wide gesture. "Well, they are not. I can tell you for a fact that Jonathan Kent over there would rather see you hang then continue to be a friend to his son. He would jump at an excuse to make your life hell." Lionel said poining to the man in question.
"Wait just one minute." Jonathan Kent said stepping forward. "I don't like you insinuating anything about me, Mr. Luthor and if I were to say anything to the papers about what I just heard i don't see how it would hurt Lex anyway. Its you I would be hurting." Jonathan's voice was cold and emotinless giving his tone a very Luthor-like quality.
"I am sorry, Mr. Kent. My father did not mean anything by his statement...right, dad?" Lex said firmly, glaring at Lionel who snorted in responce. "Don't worry. Ill take care of this, father. Leave it to me" Lex spoke to Lionel through gritted teeth.
"Do you even know what you told them, Alexander?" Lionel asked incredulous waving his arms in the air in a grand gesture of disbelief. "Do you know what an idiot you are? We are leaving right now. Lets go. We can discuss the rest of this in the privacy of our own home." Lionel fumed turning towards the exit.
"Wait a minute." The authorative tone of Dr. Reese spoke from behind them. "I still need to talk to your son, Mr. Luthor." Her tone was firm but held a hint of desperation.
"I think, my son has told you enough for one day." Lionel retorted hotly. "If i were you doctor, i would quit worrying about some insane little girl and start worrying about my job." Turning to Lex he continued. "Let's go."
"No, father. I can't. These people need my help." Lex countered not moving.
Lionel became rigid with rage as he shifted his body to face his son. "These people are wasting their time looking for answers that they aren't going to find. Forget about them. Its time to go. You have a plant meeting today, or did you forget your responcibilities playing all these childish games?" Lionel gave his son a studying look, pausing to take in Lex's determined expression. "And just in case you are thinking of defying me and staying here let me make something infinatly clear to you. If you say one more word about this to anyone in this room you will become immediatly disinherited. Do you understand?" Lionels voice was venomous.
There was a long silence as Lex's face hardened. For a second it looked like he was going to hit his father but then his features relaxed into his typical emotionless facade. "Fine." He growled.
"Good." Lionel said. A smug self-satisfied smirk quickly spread across his face, a look that was sure to infuriate all whom it was directed at. Lex did not react to it but he looked like he was restraining a violent action. "Let's go. We are already late for the meeting at the plant."
Sauntering out of the room Lionel motioned for his son to follow. Without even looking back to check to see if Lex was being obediant he exited the Talon.
Giving the room an appologetic look Lex let his gaze linger on Chloe the longest. "I am sorry. Ill think of something" he mouthed before turning on his heels and followed his father out of the coffee shop.
Day 4 part 4
*** 5:59 pm November 3rd
Lex's office was built into the back corner of the Talon where the old theater stock room had been located. At twenty feet by thirty feet the room was much smaller then the work area he used at home but it was still able to comfortably seat ten people as well as hold his large mahogany H&M desk and matching computer chair.
There were no windows in the room. All the light came from a few scattered lamps and a fancy overhead bulb that burned bright from above.
Chloe watched as Dr. Reese directed Lex to sit, positioning him purposefully in the center of the room. Staring at the young playboy as he took his seat, many thoughts ran through the conflicted teenagers head. Thoughts of love and romance, mysteries and heart-break over-whelmed her. Crossing her fingers, Chloe hoped for some answers. Answers that would lift the pain from her heart.
Sitting erect in his expensive Gucci chair Lex's face was an unreadable mask. His icy blue eyes were completly devoid of all emotion. His mouth was a straight line. He neither smiled or frowned.
Staring straight ahead, focusing his attention on nothing Chloe noted that Lex had not said a word since he had agreed to help. To Chloe, the complete lack of emotion that registered in his empty eyes was far worse then any teriffied expression he could show. His hands gripped the arms of his chair as if his life depended on it, turning his knuckles a pale ghostly white. He clearly did not want to remember.
"We are going to do some age regression therapy, Alex. I want to transport you back to that Halloween two years ago." Dr. Reeses slowly explained. Lex nodded, a movement that was so nearly imperceptible to the young reporter that she actually had to wonder if it even happened.
Looking around Chloe glanced at the other people in the room. Those people were Dr. Reese, Clark and Clarks parents, who had refused to allow thier son to be be involved in something so strange without their presence. Lana had gone home for the night before Chloe had even arrived and Nell was taking care of the customers outside.
Chloe watched with baited breath as Dr. Reese told Lex to relax before carefully begining to count backwards. As the doctor spoke Lex's rigid body seemed to slowly mellow, his muscles becoming slack. Slowly his eyes closed as his chest rose and fell at a very shallow pace. To all present he looked like he was alseep.
"Alex, I want you to go back in time. Not one year, but two." Dr. Reese began, her voice was low and soothing. "I want you to remember a very important time in your life. I want you to remember Halloween. Do you remember?"
"No." His voice sounded very soft and faraway.
"Try." Dr. Reese probed gently. "What do you see."
"Blackness." Lex whispered. "Nothing."
"Open your mind. Try to see some colors. Are you alone?"
"I am always alone." Even in his hypnotized state, Lex seemed like he did not want to be doing this, like he was resisting. For a moment Chloe felt like interupting the session. She wanted to shout at the doctor and make her stop talking to Lex. She wanted Dr. Reese to stop forcing the bad memories on him, making the always confident Luthor look so helpless. She couldn't stand seeing him so out of sorts but instead of interupting she just sat there with her mouth shut, listening.
Chloe couldn't interupt. She had to know what happened. She was just as curious as the rest of the room, maybe even more so, and nothing could keep her from the answers. Still, despite the way Lex had made her feel earlier that day, it pained her to see him so uncomfortable.
"Where are you?" Dr. Reese asked Lex, trying another route.
"In the closet." He replied easily, staring straight ahead at a blank white wall.
"What are you doing in the closet?"
"Hiding." His eyes were alive with the memory.
"From who?"
"I can't tell you." He replied firmly..
"Okay. Thats okay. Are you in Metropolis?" Dr. Reese asked. Her voice was very calm as she spoke, like she was talking to a very small and helpless child.
"Yes." A short nod of his head accompanied his comment.
"Are there other people near you?"
"Yes." Once again he nodded.
"Who?"
"Trever, Nichole and Gwen."
"What are they doing."
"Bleeding."
"Why are they bleeding, Alex?"
"They hurt themselves."
"Why did they hurt themselves?"
"She told them to."
"Who did."
"I can't say." Lex's demeanor was stony as he spoke but his voice sounded frightened as he said the last three words.
"Why did she tell them to hurt themselves?"
"Because they failed."
"Failed at what."
"Killing me."
"Why would your friends want to kill you?"
"She told them to."
"How do you know they wanted to kill you?"
"Because they were after me."
"After you. What do you mean?"
"They tried to kill me. They had knives. I hid in the closet."
"All three of your friends attacked you?"
"Yes."
"What were you doing before they attacked you?"
"Asking questions."
"Who were you asking?"
"The board."
"What kind of board?"
"The oujia board."
"Your friends tried to kill you after playing with an oujia board. When they failed they killed them selves. Is that correct?"
"Not all of them."
"Who didn't try to kill you?"
"No, you dont understand. They all tried to kill me. Two of them didn't kill themselves." His voice was steady but monotone.
"Which two."
"Nichole and Trever."
"Why didn't they kill themselves?"
"They didn't get the chance?"
"Did they all remove their eyes?"
"Nichole didn't."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"What happened?"
"They went insane."
"Did all three of them attack you at the same time?"
"No. Not all of them. Nichole didn't at first."
"Did Gwen and Trever try to hurt her too?"
"No."
"Why didn't they go after her?"
"I don't know."
"Did she hide?"
"Yes. I let her in the closet with me."
"Was Nichole trying to hurt you?"
"Not at first."
"What was she doing."
"Screaming."
"Then what."
"Then she changed."
"How did she change?"
"She became differnt. She tried to kill me." Lex stumbled over his words, shaking his head as he spoke. For a brief second he looked dazed, likehe was lost in thought. When he looked up from the floor a thin line of red streamed from his left nostril.
"How did she try to kill you?" Dr. Reese continued to question the zombie- like billionaire, ignoring the bloodied nose.
"She had a knife." He replied quickly.
"Then what."
"She died."
"How did she die?"
"She was stabbed."
"I thought you said she didn't kill herself."
"She didn't."
"What happened?"
"She could't breath."
"What was she choking on?"
"Nothing."
"Then what was keeping her from breathing."
"My hands."
"You were strangeling her?"
"I had to. She was trying to kill me."
"She was trying to stab you so you choked her. Then what?"
"I stopped."
"Why?"
"I loved her. " Lex's voice revealed no emotion as he spoke but Chloe noticed a single tear slip down his expressionless face.He didn't wipe it away as it slid easily down his cheek, dropping onto the floor. A feeling of jealousy towards the dead girl shot through the heart-broken reporters already trembeling body. " I didn't want her to die." He spoke sincerly.
"Did she try to hurt you when you let go?"
"Yes." He hissed.
"So you stabbed her?"
"Yes. I killed her." His voice was calm.
"Then what."
"Then it became quiet."
"So what did you do?"
"I came out of the closet."
"Did you see your friends?"
"Yes."
"Where they dead?"
"Gwen was."
"What about Trever?"
"He was alive. His eyes were gone."
"Did he try to kill you?"
"Yes."
"Did you kill him?"
"Yes." A flash of grief passed across his face then quickly vanished.
"What were you asking the board?" Dr. Reese asked, switching subjects.
"About my mother."
"What about your mother?"
"I wanted to talk to her"
"She died of cancer right?"
"No. That was a lie."
"Then how?"
"My father killed her."
"Lionel Luther killed your mother?" Dr. Reese's voice was filled with shock. "Yes." Lex spoke easily, as if he was saying nothing more than a casual hello.
"Why?"
"I don't know." He shrugged.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"What differnce would it make."
"Are you afraid of your father?"
"Sometimes." Lex suddenly shifted uncomfortably in his seat. His voice sounded distant, like he didn't want to answer.
"How do you know it was your father?"
"I saw him."
"You were there?"
"Yes."
"What happened?"
"My mother was going to take me away. She said she was going to take me to a safe place. He found out and he killed her."
"How did he kill her?"
"He shot her."
"Enough!" A furious voice bellowed from across the room.
Looking up everyone in the office froze as the imposing figure of Lionel Luthor suddenly appeared in the doorway.
"Alexander, Get up." Lionel growled at his son as he stalked across the Talon's office. His strides were long and quick and in seconds he was infront of his son. Glaring at Dr. Reese Lionel reached out and tugged Lex's body up from the chair. "Let's go." He snarled to Lex, who stumbled to his feet as his father jerked him roughly upward.
"We are leaving, Now!" Lionel shouted, his face turning a dark red, when his son did not obey. Lex just stood there calmly staring into space, completly oblivious to his fathers wrath. His mind was obviously elsewhere. Frowning at the doctor Lionel continued to shout. "What have you done to my son?" The rich man asked furiously.
"Alexander, wake up." Dr. Reese said gently looking over at Lex.
Blinking the twenty-one year old billionaire suddenly came to his sences. Looking around himself confused Lex frowned. When his puzzled gaze met his fathers angry eyes his frown deepened. "What are you doing here?" Lex asked shaking his head, clearing his mind of phantom memories.
"I do believe I am the one that shoud be asking that question of you, son." Lionel replied stepping towards Lex threateningly.
"What happened?" Lex asked his typically confidant facade not yet in place. His eyes looked haunted with worry as he took a step back and away from his father.
"Once again you have said too much to the wrong people." Lionel stated aggrivated. "Hopefully no one in this room actually believes the drivel you spouted." Lionel continued, glaring at each person in the room in turn. "If someone here were to waste their time looking into this nonsence they just might find themselves, or someone they love, in a world of trouble." The powerful man's hateful gaze landed on Chloe as he spoke the last words.
"Don't threaten these people, father." Lex stated, quickly distracting Lionels wrath from the young reporter. Chloe felt a flood of relief and gratitude pass through her when Lionel took his attention away from her focusing his rage back on his son.
Narrowing his eyes angrely at Lex, Lionel continued. "Its not a threat, its a warning, son." Lionel said calming his temper. "Besides, what makes you think anyone in this room is not going to go run to some rag news paper and repeat all this insanity that you have been spreading. I am a busy man. I do not have time for false investigations."
"Don't worry, father. I am sure no one is going to say anything." Lex assured him. "They are just trying to help a girl."
"What makes you think they won't tell, huh? You think these people are your friends?" Lionel asked motionng to the room in a wide gesture. "Well, they are not. I can tell you for a fact that Jonathan Kent over there would rather see you hang then continue to be a friend to his son. He would jump at an excuse to make your life hell." Lionel said poining to the man in question.
"Wait just one minute." Jonathan Kent said stepping forward. "I don't like you insinuating anything about me, Mr. Luthor and if I were to say anything to the papers about what I just heard i don't see how it would hurt Lex anyway. Its you I would be hurting." Jonathan's voice was cold and emotinless giving his tone a very Luthor-like quality.
"I am sorry, Mr. Kent. My father did not mean anything by his statement...right, dad?" Lex said firmly, glaring at Lionel who snorted in responce. "Don't worry. Ill take care of this, father. Leave it to me" Lex spoke to Lionel through gritted teeth.
"Do you even know what you told them, Alexander?" Lionel asked incredulous waving his arms in the air in a grand gesture of disbelief. "Do you know what an idiot you are? We are leaving right now. Lets go. We can discuss the rest of this in the privacy of our own home." Lionel fumed turning towards the exit.
"Wait a minute." The authorative tone of Dr. Reese spoke from behind them. "I still need to talk to your son, Mr. Luthor." Her tone was firm but held a hint of desperation.
"I think, my son has told you enough for one day." Lionel retorted hotly. "If i were you doctor, i would quit worrying about some insane little girl and start worrying about my job." Turning to Lex he continued. "Let's go."
"No, father. I can't. These people need my help." Lex countered not moving.
Lionel became rigid with rage as he shifted his body to face his son. "These people are wasting their time looking for answers that they aren't going to find. Forget about them. Its time to go. You have a plant meeting today, or did you forget your responcibilities playing all these childish games?" Lionel gave his son a studying look, pausing to take in Lex's determined expression. "And just in case you are thinking of defying me and staying here let me make something infinatly clear to you. If you say one more word about this to anyone in this room you will become immediatly disinherited. Do you understand?" Lionels voice was venomous.
There was a long silence as Lex's face hardened. For a second it looked like he was going to hit his father but then his features relaxed into his typical emotionless facade. "Fine." He growled.
"Good." Lionel said. A smug self-satisfied smirk quickly spread across his face, a look that was sure to infuriate all whom it was directed at. Lex did not react to it but he looked like he was restraining a violent action. "Let's go. We are already late for the meeting at the plant."
Sauntering out of the room Lionel motioned for his son to follow. Without even looking back to check to see if Lex was being obediant he exited the Talon.
Giving the room an appologetic look Lex let his gaze linger on Chloe the longest. "I am sorry. Ill think of something" he mouthed before turning on his heels and followed his father out of the coffee shop.