Father's Day

by a campbell

Smallville, gen

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"Someone in Smallville has lost something important. It's up to you whether you want it to be found, but show us who, and what!"

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Twenty years. Impossible. She'd never intended to be estranged from her father at all.

Certainly not for twenty years.

It had seemed a temporary problem, the animosity between Dad and Jonathan. Sure to blow over. But, Dad was inflexible, Jonathan hotheaded. Easier just to let things be, and somehow, time had gone by.

Men, she sighed.

Martha thought of Clark, the biggest loser, how eager and hopeful he'd looked when he thought his grandfather might finally be part of his life.

How he'd called him, "Granddad." And Martha smiled at the memory.

How devastated he'd looked as Granddad walked to his car.

...bad blood...in your case, it may not be possible.

Jonathan's words rang in her memory like a leaden bell.

But it didn't have to be that way.

Martha picked up the phone, and dialed.

"Hi, Dad. Can we give it another try?"

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