"No." Chloe's voice is a little firmer than she means for it to sound, a little angrier than she would have liked to let on, "Clark is away." She says simply, not offering explanation.

She hates to do this, to give her mother, of all people, half answers, but she can't talk about it, she can't start it when she doesn't know if she will be alone to deal with the consequences of letting herself feel everything she has been trying to keep away.