Chapter 6Three weeks later… December had arrived. Lex normally loved December. He draped his apartment in fairy lights, baked cookies, and bought gifts. Not many gifts, but he bought gifts for Mr. M and Nana and usually he gave something to Jamie. This year…Nana was gone. Mr. M didn’t care much about gifts, and he’d gotten Jamie a present back in September that he’d kept in his wardrobe. It was already wrapped and everything. She was obsessed with Batgirl for some reason he couldn’t understand, and he’d found an illustration. He’d most likely paid more than it was worth, but he’d thought of Jamie the moment he’d seen it. With a groan, he threw himself on the couch. He was empty. His life was empty. The first days after he’d come home, he’d been angry. Angry with Cash for walking into

