'Murphy's Law'
When they arrived in the city of
Out of the corner of his eye Lex noticed the mayor’s bodyguard was glaring at
him. Lex addressed the man saying, “I’m sorry officer. Have I done something to
offend you?”.
“Yes”, the man stoicly replied.
The mayor frantically reprimanded the man, an inspector named Glen Chao.
"You promised me you wouldn’t say anything!”, he
said. The mayor apologized to Lex and directed him to the vehicle that would
take them to the site of the new factory. But Lex politely asked to talk to the
inspector. "Please, mayor", he said, "I would like to hear what
this man has to say.” The mayor stepped back, ashamed.
“My daughter is dead”, Chao said. “My daughter is dead because of you!”
Lex was approached by one of his aids. His aid informed him that the man’s
daughter was involved in an accident at a lab in
Upon hearing this Lex’s heart sank. He glanced at the ground for a moment and
then reached out his hand to shake hands with the inspector, saying he was
sorry. The inspector became infuriated and lunged at Lex’s neck.
Inspector Chao's mouth bled as he had lost a tooth.
The inspector asked Jeremy, “Why is it that the great hero
(The photo on the left is B.D. Wong who played Glen Chao in the X-Files
episode 'Hell Money')