Boss searched Hazzard County for the next three days, and still hadn’t managed to find Bo and Luke, who had enough practice in hiding out to stay hidden.  Boss grew more flustered as each day past and each plan to try to find Bo and Luke failed, but he was determined to make money of the situation so he never gave up. For Bo and Luke those next three days past without much event they spent most the time talking and recalling old childhood memories, such as the time they had became blood brothers.
     Daisy stood in line at the grocery store, holding a hand held basket, with a few assorted groceries.  She never paid attention to any of the tabloid magazines before but this headline got her attention: Man Returns From Beyond The Grave, as an avenger against wrong doers. Daisy picked up the paper.
     ‘Don’t be silly it can’t be about Luke . . . it’s just a coincidence.’ Daisy told herself, as she opened the paper, and her complexion paled when she read the first line of the article. ‘Luke Duke of Hazzard County, Georgia returned from the grave as a crow. No, not the bird, but an avenger against evil.’
Daisy dropped the paper into the basket, and waited her turn in line, she didn’t want to finish reading this article in the store. She reached the register and paid for everything, then rushed out to her jeep, where she read the rest of the article.
     ‘How did they find out about Luke? I wonder if he knows that they know.”
    Daisy tucked the paper into the bag of groceries and started the jeep, and headed towards Dorothy’s house.  Daisy figured that she had to get back to Hazzard and find out just what was happening. Daisy pulled into the driveway and went inside.
     “Is something wrong?” Dorothy asked, noticing how upset her friend looked.
Daisy nodded, not really knowing what to tell her friend, she had never mentioned that “Luke” had returned from the dead, only had told Dorothy that things had gotten worse.
     “What happened?” Dorothy asked.
     “It’s a long story . . . I can’t really talk about it but I have to go back to Hazzard.”
     “I hope things are okay when you get back home.” Dorothy said.
     “I hope so too.” Daisy said, and headed down to the guestroom to pack her bags.
    A few minutes later she was ready to leave, and Dorothy went to say goodbye, standing beside the white jeep.
     “Take care, Daisy.” Dorothy said, with genuine concern in her voice. “Call me if you need to talk, or you can always come back and stay here again if you need.”
     “Thanks for everything, Dorothy.” Daisy said, and gave her friend a hug, then climbed into the jeep, then began the drive back to Hazzard.
     The sun was just starting to set when Daisy arrived back at the farm, she noticed that General wasn’t parked out front and wondered if things had got worse at the farm. For a moment considered turning around and leaving again, but decided that she had to find out what was going on. She parked her jeep, and grabbed her suitcase and went inside. Jesse was sitting in the front room, reading a book, and he looked up when he heard someone enter the house. Daisy thought to herself that her uncle somehow looked older then she had remembered him being. She thought that he looked like a tired old man, and his blue eyes held a look of terrible sadness, sadness that the family he had always held so dear had fallen apart right in front of him.
     “Hey, Uncle Jesse.” Daisy said, setting her suitcase down on the floor.
Jesse nodded a greeting, saying nothing.
     “Where’s Bo?” Daisy asked.
     “He has left the farm for good.” Jesse said, bluntly.
     “Why did he leave?”
     “Why do you think? That demon polluted his mind . . . made us lose Bo, just like we lost Luke.” Jesse said.
     “I don’t know if I believe that or not.”
     “Well you weren’t here when things started to fall apart even more.” Jesse said, almost accusingly.
     “I know I wasn’t . . . I couldn’t handle it . . . I don’t know if I can even now.” Daisy said and handed the tabloid paper to     her uncle. “This is why I came back.”
Jesse glanced at the article and tossed it on to the floor. “That is a batch of hogwash. That demon has just corrupted the minds of others into thinking he is good, but no matter what I will always know that, that thing is not truly Luke.”
     “What if he is Luke?” Daisy asked.
     “Luke is gone, Daisy, people do not return from the dead. I have lost enough people that I care about to know that.” Jesse said.
     “But this is different.” Daisy said.
     “And why is it different?”
     “I don’t know I can’t actually put it into words why it is different I just know in my heart that it is.” Daisy said.
Jesse made a scoffing noise. “This is not different. You can’t allow that demon’s lies to infect your mind.”
     “Maybe you should stop thinking with your mind and start thinking with your heart.” Daisy said.
     “Perhaps you should know the whole situation before you go making such an important decision.” Jesse said.
     “And just what is the “whole” situation?”
     “A man named Douglas Steed, came to town after you had left, I never met him but Cooter told me what he said, the truth about this crow . . . a demon from the darkest depths of hell.” Jesse said.
     “How would he know?”
     “Because he hunted crows down he knew their weakness and could end their roaming this Earth before many innocent lives were destroyed. That demon has tricked Bo, it wanted to pollute his soul . . . to sacrifice and innocent life.”
     “If that was the case why did he do so much to save Bo?”
     “To try to gain his trust. That is why that demon appeared in the form of Luke.”
     “I still don’t really understand.” Daisy said.
     “There is nothing to understand, except that demon came here to hurt Bo and he succeeded in destroying him.” Jesse said.
     “What?” Daisy questioned taken aback by Jesse’s last statement.
     “That demon won, that is why Bo ain’t here. I tried to save Bo, I gave him to Cooter so that Douglas fellow could try to save him the demon wanted Bo and would come for him.”
     “So you allowed Bo to be used as bait?” Daisy asked, in disbelief.
     “It was for the best, it was my last hope in being able to save Bo, but it failed.”
     “What happened?”
     “I don’t know. I think that demon killed Douglas or something, all I have really heard is rumours. But I know that creature got his hands on Bo again and now Bo’s soul as been lost to its evil.” Jesse said, sadly.
     “Oh . . .” Daisy said, her voice trailing off as she didn’t know what else to say.
There was a long moment of silence before either of the spoke again, Daisy was the first to speak and break the silence.
     “Where did they go? Are they still in Hazzard?” Daisy asked, she wasn’t too sure if she believed that Bo’s soul had been lost to an kind of evil, especially not to “anything” in Luke’s form . . . or Luke himself, as she still didn’t know which to believe.
     “I don’t know.” Jesse said, refusing to tell Daisy what had happened the last time he had seen Bo and Luke.
Daisy decided not to push the subject, figuring that she would get no more answers to her questions, and could only hear one side of the situation from Jesse, she knew she had to find the boys and hear their side before she could reach a decision of her own.
     “I think I am going to go to bed, it was a long drive.” Daisy said.
     “Goodnight, Daisy.”
     “Goodnight, Uncle Jesse.” Daisy said, then picked up her suitcase and went to her room, planning on getting up early to attempt to find her cousins.
     The next morning Daisy got up early and left the farm in hopes of being able to find her cousins, though she had no idea where to even begin to look. After a little over two hours of looking Daisy heard the sound of the siren of a patrol car, behind her, she glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that it was Enos. She pulled over to a stop on the side of the road. Enos stopped and got out of his car and rushed up alongside her jeep.
     “Hey, Daisy.”
     “Hi, Enos.” Daisy said, her voice reflecting the terrible sadness she felt.
     “What are you doing?” Enos asked.
     “Looking for Bo and Luke.”
     “Oh . . .” Enos said his voice trailing off, not sure if he should tell her where he thought the boys might be, or not. “Why?”
     “Because I want to talk to them. I don’t know what is going on really and I don’t believe Uncle Jesse . . . not entirely anyway. I don’t think Luke or crow . . . whatever is evil.” Daisy said.
     “It is Luke.” Enos said.
     “How do you know?” Daisy asked. “Do you know where they are?”
     “I am not sure. I know where they might be . . . but I made a promise to help and not give them away, because of people like Boss Hogg looking for them.” Enos said.
     “Enos, please tell me where my cousins are.” Daisy pleaded. “I need to know. I am not out to hurt them or ruin their lives or nothing I LOVE them and I just HAVE to see them.”
     “Well . . .”
     “Please, Enos. Even you know more about what had been happing then I do. Like Uncle Jesse said something about some guy named Douglas hunting “crows” or something and using Bo as bait . . .”
     “That Douglas fellow was the real bad guy.” Enos said.
     “Tell me where you think they are.” Daisy begged.
     “Well I don’t know for sure but . . .” Enos said then whispered in her ear. “They had gone to the old Indian caves, after that night a few days ago.”
     “Thanks a lot, Enos.” Daisy said and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
Daisy sped off towards the caves, praying that her cousins were there.
     Daisy parked a short distance away from the caves and went the rest of the way on foot. Bo and Luke were inside the cave, Bo was eating a light lunch while Luke was working out. Neither had heard Daisy approaching, she quietly entered the cave they were. Luke was the first to see her, he stopped what he was doing and looked at her saying nothing. Bo stopped and turned to see who are what Luke was looking at.
     “Daisy, what are you doing here?” Bo asked.
     “Looking for the two of you.” Daisy said, moving further into the cave.
     “Why?” Luke asked.
     “To talk to you. To hear your side of the story.” Daisy said.
     “I didn’t think you’d be coming home so soon.” Bo said.
     “I had to come home when I saw the story in the tabloid magazine about Luke.”
     “So, Boss did go around and submit that, story, to more then just the Hazzard Gazette.” Luke said.
Daisy nodded. “I came home to find out what was going on. Only to find out things have gotten worse.”
     “Not really worse. Things have settled down some except for . . . except the fact we both are staying away from home.” Bo said.
Daisy walked over and sat down next to Bo. “Are you guys gonna tell me about what I missed?”
     “I assume you’ve already been back to the farm and talked to Jesse.” Luke said, walking over to stand in front of his two cousins.
Daisy nodded. “Though I don’t believe everything he says . . . he just ain’t that open minded in his way of thinking.”
     “What did he tell you?” Bo asked.
     “Not much, something about some guy named . . . Douglas, saying he was a crow hunter or something like that and that Luke . . . or the demon killed the guy.” Daisy said.
     “That’s a LIE.” Bo said, quickly jumping to his oldest cousin’s defense.
     “I never said I believed that. He also claimed that you have been over taken by this evil force.” Daisy said.
     “Hardly.” Bo said.
     “I didn’t say I agreed with him. I know it ain’t true, that much is obvious.” Daisy said.
     “Uncle Jesse don’t seem to think so.” Bo said, in a sad voice.
     “When did you see him last?” Daisy asked.
     “Right after all that stuff happened.” Bo said.
     “What really happened?” Daisy asked.
     “That guy, was a, snake.” Luke said.
     “A snake?” Daisy asked.
     “Basically an evil version of what a crow is, a very dark creature. The person was evil in their life and their soul can return as a snake. He came here to kill me.” Luke said.
     “And used me as bait. Cooter and Uncle Jesse just handed me right over to him . . . I can’t believe they did that. So quick to believe a stranger over me and Luke.” Bo said.
     “I believe you.” Daisy said.
     “You are one of the few that does. Enos and Rosco also believe us . . . seems kinda funny having them on our side for a change.” Bo said.
     “So, did you fall for that guys trap?” Daisy asked.
     “Not really. I went for one reason, to save Bo.” Luke said.
Bo smiled. “Glad you did, cousin.”
     “Did you kill him?” Daisy asked.
     “He was already dead. I just sent him to hell.” Luke said.
     “Oh.” Daisy said, not really wanting to know the details.
     “He didn’t really kill the snake, Luke actually helped to save a lot of innocent lives. That guy would’ve killed both of us and moved on to kill other innocent people.” Bo said.
     “I know. Luke did what he had to do.” Daisy said, and looked at Luke. “I know you had no choice and you killed him before he could kill you and Bo. I don’t think that you are at all evil . . . I would just rather not know the details. All that matters to me is the both of you are okay.”
     “I wish Uncle Jesse would be so understanding.” Bo said.
     “I don’t think he ever will understand.” Luke said.
     “What happened when you talked to him last?” Daisy asked.
     “Things really fell apart.” Bo said, and sighed deeply.
     “That bad?” Daisy asked.
     “Worse.” Luke said, simply.
     “He didn’t even tell me that he saw either of you after that. I don’t know if he just wants to deny he saw you or . . .” Daisy started to say, but Luke cut her sentence off.
     “Deny we exist. Deny we ever were at the farm.”
     “I don’t think it’s that bad.” Daisy said.
     “Yes, it is.” Bo said.
     “Really?” Daisy asked.
     “He didn’t know Luke was there at first and he accused me of stopping justice from being handed out, and keep the demon from being destroyed, he wouldn’t listen that the other guy was evil, and all I did was help Luke . . . as much as I could.” Bo said. “He said my mind was clouded by the evil and said that even though some might fall victim to having their minds clouded he never will . . . never will accept the it is Luke.” Bo finished, feeling tears burning in his eyes at the memory of that day.
Luke placed a comforting hand on Bo’s shoulder.
    “He accused me have having something to do with article in the Hazzard Gazette because the article said about how it was Luke . . .” Bo said.
    “I confronted him after that. I couldn’t stand there and listen him accuse Bo of being liar. He ordered me to get off the farm.” Luke said. “Told me I was clouding Bo’s mind with lies and deceit. He wouldn’t listen to the fact that I would never lie to Bo, never have and never will.”
    “He just kept saying Luke was a demon.” Bo said. “He refused to listen to reason.”
    “He got very angry when I asked him to name one thing I had ever done to harm Bo. When he couldn’t answer and just kept accusing me I told him what he did by handing Bo over to that mob to give to that “guy” was a lot more harmful.”
    “That’s true, I can’t believe he did that.” Daisy said.
    “He did.” Bo said defensively.
     “I didn’t mean it that way.” Daisy said.
     “Sorry, guess I am just a little edgy.” Bo apologized.
     “I can understand why.” Daisy said.
     “Uncle Jesse took out his shotgun and was gonna shoot Luke.” Bo said.
     “What? He was gonna shoot Luke?” Daisy questioned.
     “Wouldn’t have matter, you can’t kill crow that way.” Luke said.
     “Still a bit nerve wracking though.” Bo said. “That is why I stepped in front of you. Even though I knew the bullet wouldn’t hurt you I can’t stand the thought of seeing you get shot.”
     “Thing is if your got shot you’d been killed and I think he was almost ready to shoot you, that is why I stepped away. If he killed you because of me . . .” Luke said, his voice trailing off.
     “Did he . . . pull the trigger?” Daisy asked.
Bo shook his head. “No, he just order us off the farm.”
     “Both of you?” Daisy asked.
     “I don’t think he cared at all. I told him wherever Luke went I went, and he said to go, so we went.” Bo said.
     “I can’t believe he won’t even try to understand if he would open his eyes he’d see that Luke came back to us.” Daisy said.
     “Some people see the world in only black and white, see only what they choose to and believe only what they think is right, and close their minds to the endless possibilities that exist around them. His “beliefs” don’t allow him to see the truth and I doubt he ever accept things for how they are.” Luke said.
     “I believe though. I know what is the truth and I understand why you came back, and you ain’t no demon. You might not the exact same as you were but you are still Luke.” Daisy said.
     “Nice to know we at least have one more person on our side.” Bo said.
     “I saw Enos before coming to find you guys. He believes the truth and I know he has been helping you, though don’t be mad at him or telling me you might be here.”
     “He made the right choice by telling you. As long as he don’t tell Boss or Jesse we are fine, or the rest of the town, which I doubt he’d do.” Luke said.
     “He won’t.” Daisy said.
     “Why don’t you just go back to the farm.” Luke suggested to Daisy.
     “But I want to stay here with you guys.” Daisy said.
     “It’d be best if you went back.” Bo said.
     “Are you trying to get rid of me?” she asked.
     “No, it ain’t that just . . . you should go back home. It’d be for the best.” Bo said.
Daisy sighed. “But I don’t like it there now, not with the way things are.”
     “Just go home, Daisy.” Luke said.
     “But . . .” Daisy started to protest.
     “Daisy, if you go home you might overhear if any of them try to plan anything again and could warn us.” Bo said.
     “That’s true. Maybe I could make him see the truth . . .” Daisy started to say.
     “That is a pointless endeavor. It’d be best if he didn’t know you were here talking to us.” Luke said.
     “I won’t tell him where you are.” Daisy said.
     “We know you won’t.” Bo said. “But it’d be for the best if he didn’t know you talked to us at all.”
     “If y’all say so.” Daisy said. “Is there anything I can get for ya?”
     “I don’t need anything, but you could bring some more food for Bo.”
     “Don’t you want to eat anything?” Daisy asked.
     “No need to eat. Don’t need food or sleep anymore.” Luke said.
     “Oh.” Daisy said, though she didn’t really understand completely. Well, I guess I better get going.”
     “Thanks for coming, Daisy. It means a lot to us that you are on our side and ain’t thinking . . . that Luke is some kinda demon.” Bo said.
She just smiled and gave each of them a quick kiss goodbye on cheek. “Bye fellows.” She waved from the entrance of the cave.
     “Bye, Daisy.” Bo and Luke said at the same time.
     Daisy walked slowly back over to where she had parked her jeep, she didn’t really want to go home, but she knew that they were right it was for the best. After all the boys could take care of themselves, they always could before, but now Luke could ‘especially’ take care of himself. She arrived home a few minutes later and parked her jeep, in its usual spot. She took a deep breath and slowly released it, before going inside.
     Jesse looked up from the book he was reading and looked at Daisy. He looked at her for a long moment then turned back to the book. He couldn’t believe how much the family had fallen apart, he had assumed that dealing with Luke’s death would be hard, but never thought it would ever be this hard. He thought of how not only had he lost Luke but also he had lost Bo to a demon in disguise of Luke, and now even Daisy was distant, he assumed that he her mind was also being effected by the evil. Daisy looked at her uncle for a moment before turning and going down to her bedroom. She was relieved that he hadn’t asked where she had been so she didn’t have to make up a lie, however she wished that he had at least said something, as the once lively farmhouse was filled with a sad silence that seemed like it would never be broken.
     That day seemed to pass as slowly as the days before, darkness soon settled across the land, with most citizens of nestled in their warm beds, fast asleep. Except of course for Bo and Luke who were in the cavern. Bo was sleeping, in a light restless sleep, his sleep plagued by bad dreams, just like every night before and every night since Luke had been murdered. Luke sat watching Bo sleep, knowing that his younger cousin was having nightmares, wishing that he could make those bad dreams go away, but the only comfort he could offer Bo was being there for him just like he always had been in the past.
     The next day, Daisy was awake early and did all her chores. There was still no conversation between her and Jesse, the silence seemed to hang thick in the air around the farm.
    Daisy went into town to pick up a few things for Bo in town, without telling Jesse she was leaving, seeing no point in telling him where she going or what she was doing as it would only be a lie. Boss Hogg was standing outside the courthouse, smoking his cigar while watching the coming and goings of “his” town, while still trying to figure out where Bo and Luke were hiding. He stopped Daisy’s jeep and saw her run into the general store.
     ‘I bet that girl knows where her cousins are.’ Boss thought to himself.
He got into his white convertible, lately he was having to do his own driving, having fired his driver and Rosco refusing to have anything to do with helping him find the Duke boys. He planned to follow Daisy hoping she would lead him straight to Bo and Luke. A few minutes later Daisy came back out of the store carrying a large paper bag, she set it into the back of her jeep, then climbed in behind the wheel. Daisy drove down the road, unaware of Boss following her, as she drove out of town and towards the caves.
Boss smiled smugly as he followed Daisy. ‘I’m finally gonna get dem Duke boys.’ He thought merrily to himself.
     Daisy parked her jeep a short distance away from the cavern. Boss Hogg pulled to a stop behind a clump of bushes, concealed from Daisy’s sight, still thinking to himself just how much money he was going to make. Daisy walked into the cavern and saw Bo and Luke talking, and happy, which is something she never thought her younger cousin would ever be again.
     “Hey, fellas.” Daisy said.
     “Hey, Daisy.” Bo and Luke said at the same time.
     “How are you doing?” Daisy asked as she headed over with the bag of groceries.
Before any response could be given Boss sauntered into the cavern. “Well, well, well and well just look at what we are have here.”
     “How did you find us?” Bo asked, jumping to his feet, panic in his dark blue eyes.
     “Real simple, I followed your cousin Daisy here.”
     “I didn’t know he was following me, honest I didn’t.” Daisy said.
Luke stood up slowly. “It’s okay, Daisy.”
Bo looked at Luke, his question reading clear in his eyes, ‘what are we gonna do?’
Luke gave Bo a look of reassurance and turned to look at Boss. “What do you want, Boss?”
     “Oh, nothing much, I was just wanting you to do me a little favour.” Boss replied.
     “Yeah right, Boss, now why would we want to do a thing like that?” Bo asked in angry sarcasm.
     “I just thought it would be in Luke’s best interests.” Boss said, trying to sound innocent.
     “And just how did you come to think that?” Luke asked.
     “Well, seeing as you are back from the dead and some crime fighter I just thought it’d be good for to have some publicity so everybody knows you’re one of the good guys.” Boss said.
     “Well, sorry, Boss, but I’m gonna have to decline your offer.” Luke said.
     “Considering all you want is too make money, which we ain’t gonna let you do.” Bo added.
     “Well, I never, here I am trying to do something nice for you and you go and say a nasty thing like that.” Boss said, faking being highly insulted.
     “Yeah well, you never did anything nice for me while I was alive why would you start when I was dead?” Luke questioned pointedly.
Bo paled slightly at Luke’s words he knew that Luke was actually dead but tried to convince himself otherwise and didn’t like to think about it at all.
     “Well . . . well because it’s the truth.” Boss stammered, seeing his plan was backfiring and he was desperately trying to come up with another idea.
     “You won’t know the truth if it jumped out and bit you on the nose.” Daisy said.
Boss frowned and chomped down harder on his cigar.
     “Why don’t you just leave us alone for once.” Bo said, getting quite worried at just how many problems that Boss could start for them, especially now.
     “Not when there is a fortune to be made… I mean Luke’s well being to think of.” Boss said.
     “You can drop the act, Boss, everyone here knows you are just trying to make some money for yourself.” Luke said. “And you can just forget it.”
     “I think you had better reconsider, boy.” Boss said, in a threatening tone.
     “And why is that?” Luke asked.
     “You can’t do nothing to him, he’s already dead.” Daisy said.
     “Daisy . . .” Bo started in a flustered voice.
     “That may be so but . . . I could take away y’alls farm.” Boss said, a typical threat he used many times against the Dukes.
     “So what? We ain’t living there no mores.” Bo said.
Luke gave Bo a look to be quiet, Bo wanted to argue more but didn’t bother, he crossed his arms over his chest and stared angrily at Boss.
Boss you looked at Luke. “You might not be able to live there anymore, but what about the rest of your family?”
     “He ain’t the only one not welcome back at the farm.” Bo said, with a hint of sadness in his voice.
     “Oh . . .” Boss said, not sure of what to say, he couldn’t actually believe that Jesse Duke had forced them to leave the farm.
     “What difference does it make if you take the farm anyway? Even if we were still there it wouldn’t be worth it.” Bo said.
     “Yeah.” Daisy said in argeement.
     “And another thing . . .” Boss looked at Daisy. “You’re fired.”
     “You can’t fire her.” Luke said.
     “Oh and why not?” Boss asked.
Luke walked slowly towards Boss. Boss could see the anger in Luke’s eyes and swallowed hard taking a couple steps backwards.
     “Now hold on a minute . . . just hold on a minute.” Boss stammered.
     “No, you hold on a minute. You make everyone’s lives miserable you can’t care about anyone else’s sadness or pain, you take advantage of their pain just earn money.” Luke said. “I am not going to allow you to hurt my family any more.”
     “Is that a threat? Are you threatening me, Luke Duke?”
     “Maybe.” Luke replied simply.
Boss felt his mouth go dry, as he wondered just what this back from the dead Duke could do to him. He glanced over Luke’s shoulder at where Bo and Daisy were standing. Boss swallowed hard before speaking. “I don’t believe that you’d do anything to me…”
     “You can forget any scheme you have planned or will plan you will not make any money off of this and you won’t try, you won’t give it a second thought.” Luke said.
     “And if I try?” Boss asked curiously though already had serious second thoughts about even having tried to find Luke.
     “Then you will never have another moment’s peace.” Luke threatened, though is threat was not very serious, just said to scare Boss Hogg.
     “Yeah . . . well sorry to bother you boys . . .” Boss said quickly starting to back up. “And, Daisy, you ain’t fired.” Boss finished and turned and ran out of the cavern.
     “Do you think we’ll have any more problems with him?” Bo asked after Boss was gone.
     “As fast he took off outta here I doubt it.” Luke said. “Though to be safe we are going to have to find a new place to stay.”
     “What about the abandoned mining town on Razorback Mountain.” Daisy suggested.
     “Yeah that’d work.” Bo said.
     “No, it wouldn’t. If anyone spotted Daisy bring food up to you, they’d know right away just from her heading up that road.” Luke said.
     “Never thought about that.” Daisy said.
     “There’s that old fishing shack over by Sunset Pond.” Bo said.
Luke paused for moment, Bo’s mention of the pond causing him to think about his dream, he wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to go there, “Or the cabin in Bronson’s Canyon.”
     “Either one is fine by me.” Bo said.
     “Then Bronson’s Canyon it is.” Luke said.
    “Great, let’s get our stuff together and go.” Bo said.
     “I’ll help you.” Daisy said.
     Twenty minutes later they arrived at the cabin, after hiding the General in the bushes and, parking Dixie behind the cabin, they went inside. Everything in the old cabin was covered in dust, cobwebs clung in the shadowy corners. The boarded over windows only allowed small cracks of light to filter into the dingy cabin. The long since abandon cabin showing that nobody had set foot inside in a quite a few years.
     “Home sweet home.” Bo mumbled quietly.
     “It’ll at least be better then the damp cave.” Daisy said. “Especially once we clean it up a little.”
     “Yeah.” Bo agreed, thinking to himself, ‘I don’t care what it’s like as long as it means I can be with Luke . . . I can’t lose him again now, I need him he is my best friend, my brother.’ These thoughts going through his mind in a matter of seconds, thoughts he didn’t want to voice, and didn’t have to, both Luke and Daisy already knew.
 Daisy stayed for an hour to help clean up the cabin, and by the time the three of them where finished the old forgotten cabin looked more like a place to live once again.
     “Looks like a real home now.” Bo said.
     “Is there anything I can bring from home … I mean the farm next time I come?” Daisy asked.
Bo replied quickly, before Luke could say anything. “Yeah, being whatever you can from our room… some pictures and trophy’s . . . our stuff.”
     “I don’t know. That might be obvious to Uncle Jesse.” Luke said.
     “Please, Luke.” Bo pleaded.
     “I can gather the things at night or when he ain’t home.” Daisy suggested.
Luke sighed. “Okay, just be careful about it.”
     “Thanks, Luke.” Bo said, smiling brightly.
     “I promise to be careful.” Daisy said. “You two be careful as well.”
     “We will be.” Bo said, answering for both of them.
Daisy headed started out the door and paused, she turned back around to wave goodbye. Looking at them now she thought this seemed like any time in the past they had hide out from false charges laid against them by Boss, however this time they were never coming home and the thought of that brought a tear to her eye.
     “Bye, Daisy.” Bo said, waving to his cousin.
     “Keep between the ditches.” Luke added.
Daisy nodded, not able to find her voice. She stepped out of the cabin, closing the door behind her. The tears started to streak her cheeks uncontrollably as she climbed into her white jeep. She knew in her heart that it really was Luke, and that if Jesse would stop for a moment that he too would know that. She didn’t think it was fair that her cousins were forced into hiding, driven out of the home by the uncle that was suppose to love them so much, they could all be a family again if only he would allow it. That thought made her angry at her uncle, she wanted to blame him for tearing the family apart, but she couldn’t for she blamed herself. She was the one Artemis had started harassing, she should’ve dealt with the problem on her own, instead her cousins came to her defense and doing that had gotten Luke killed.
     Daisy was crying so hard that she was barely paying any attention to where she was driving, she never noticed Enos’s patrol car as she sped past him, and was only aware of his presence when the sound of the sirens interrupted her thoughts. She pulled to a stop along the edge of the road. Enos jumped out of his car and ran up along side the jeep.
     “Are you okay, Daisy?” Enos asked in genuine concern.
Daisy looked at him, tears both wet and dry streaking her cheeks, she wanted to say that she was fine but couldn’t lie, so she just shook her head.
Enos took a handkerchief out f his pocket and used it to gently wipe away Daisy’s tears, his expression soft and caring.     “What’s wrong?”
     “Everything.” Daisy answered quietly.
     “If you want to talk about, I’ll listen.” Enos offered.
Daisy stepped out of her jeep and stood next to Enos. “It’s my fault . . . all of this is all my fault.”
     “It ain’t your fault, Daisy, would why you think that?”
     “Because it is.” Daisy said, and started to cry fresh tears, she leaned her head against Enos’s shoulder.
Enos put his arms around her in a comforting fashion. “It ain’t you fault, Daisy.”
     “Yes it is. That . . . he killed Luke because Luke was defending my honour when he started harassing me. If I dealt with it on my own Luke wouldn’t have been killed.”
     “That ain’t true. You can’t think that way. What happened to Luke was nothing more then a horrible tragedy.” Enos said, wishing he knew what to say, what to do to offer Daisy more comfort.
     “It is my fault. I realize that now . . . I wanted to blame Uncle Jesse for tearing this family apart because he refuses to even stop and see that it is really Luke, that he drove Bo and Luke away from the farm forever . . . but it ain’t his fault it is mine.”
     “It ain’t you fault, Daisy.” Enos said. “You know that Luke wouldn’t want you blaming yourself.”
Daisy lifted her head and looked at Enos, thinking about what he had just said, knowing that was true. “I know, but I can’t help it.”
     “The only person to blame is the guy who killed Luke.”
Daisy nodded. “I know . . . I just wish we could at least be a family, it ain’t fair. If Uncle Jesse would stop thinking with his mind and start thinking with his heart . . . if he would just stop and really look . . . he’d know it is Luke.”
     “I know, Daisy, but it ain’t something that he can do.” Enos said.
     “It ain’t fair. He is the one that always said family comes first . . . and now it is more like it comes last to him and his beliefs come first and nobody can make him see differently.” Daisy said. “He wants to call Luke a doppelganger, says he is evil, that ain’t true at all, he returned and saved Bo’s life, he hasn’t done anything wrong and Jesse knows that and still claims he is evil, why does he do that?”
     “I don’t know, Daisy. I guess it has to do with how he was raised and what he is willing to believe.”
     “He should be willing to believe that it is Luke.” Daisy nearly shouted.
     “I’m sorry that he don’t, Daisy.” Enos said quietly.
     “I’m sorry, Enos, I didn’t mean to yell at you . . . I’m just so upset, it’s all just too much. I don’t know how Bo handles it . . .”
     “Because he has Luke and Luke has always been the one to help him through everything. They have always been best friends.”
Daisy nodded. “Could be because they are blood brothers.”  She said quietly, wishing she had someone that close to her right now that she could turn to for comfort.
     “If you need to get away from the farm, again, and you don’t want to leave town you can stay with me, I got more then enough room.” Enos offered, he had always had a crush on Daisy, but the offer wasn’t made just wanting to be with her, it was made for her out of friendship and love.
     “Thank you, Enos, I may take you up on that offer sometime.” Daisy said.
     “My door is always open.” Enos said.
Daisy smiled at him, thankful that he had been there to talk to, she no longer felt as sad, she no longer blamed herself all thanks to Enos, and realized she did have someone she could turn to. “I know.”
     “You going to be okay now?” Enos asked concernedly.
     “I’ll be alright, thanks, Enos.” Daisy said as she climbed back into her jeep.
     “Take care.”
     “You too, Enos.” Daisy said, blowing him a kiss before she drove away.
     Jesse was just stepping out the door when Daisy pulled up in front of the old farmhouse.
     “Where have you been?” Jesse asked, as Daisy climbed out of her jeep.
     “I had some things I had to take care of.” Daisy said.
     “Don’t tell me that you are starting to believe that demon’s lies as well.” Jesse said angrily.
     “Fine I won’t tell you ‘that’.” Daisy said, after all it was the truth she wasn’t believing the lies of a demon, she was listening to the truth of her older cousin.
     “From now on you are not to live this house without telling exactly where you are going.” Jesse said firmly.
     “What difference should it be to you where I go? You don’t care where Bo and Luke went.” Daisy said.
     “Daisy.” Jesse said in a firm warning voice.
     “What it is the truth.” Daisy said, in a matter-of-fact tone.
     “It ain’t the truth. That thing is demon and took Bo away from use by pretending to be Luke.” Jesse said.
     “That ain’t the truth. It IS LUKE!” Daisy said. “And if you would think with your heart and not your mind you’d know it to. All you have to do is open your eyes.”
     “I have heard enough of that lie. You are sounding just like Bo, that demon has begun to taint your mind just as it did Bo’s.” Jesse said.
     “It is the TRUTH. And if you stopped being so blind we could all be a family again.” Daisy said. “It is your fault we ain’t a family right now you drove Bo and Luke away, YOU who said family always came first and now you put your beliefs before your family. YOU their UNCLE who is supposed to love them and take care of them, who had been like a FATHER to them. YOU raised them and now you abandon them!” Daisy screamed her voice occasionally cracking from the intensity of her emotions.
    Before Jesse could say anything else, Daisy ran into the house and down to her room. She slammed the bedroom door and threw herself down on her bed, burying her face into her pillow and crying.
     Jesse went inside and stood outside Daisy’s bedroom door, he raised a hand to knock and paused before knocking. He could hear her crying and decided it was best to just leave her be for now, they both needed some time alone to think. He turned around and walked back down the hallway and went outside. He got into his old beat up white pick up and drove away from the farm.
     With tear filled eyes Daisy began to pack her bags, packing up memories of happier times. A part of her didn’t want to leave the home she had known for so many years, she barely remembered living any where other then the farm, but she knew it was for the best that she left for she could longer really live there and be happy.  A dark cloud of sorrow, pain and anger seemed to hang over the old farmhouse, making everything dismal and dark. It seemed to take forever to pack everything, she looked around the barren room, only the furniture remained in their places, sad that things had to come to these. She felt hot tears streaking her cheeks, but didn’t bother to wipe them away. Daisy cared her things out to her jeep, and went back inside, remembering her promise to take Bo and Luke their things. She walked into their bedroom and looked around at everything, she could hear echoes of their happier times in the shadows of the room. It depressed her even further to have to pack their things, even though she was taking it all to them, it simply refreshed the sadness and pain of everything that had happened and was happening.
     “Why did it have to come to this? Why did it have to happen at all?” Daisy quietly asked the empty room. “It just ain’t fair.”
She quickly packed their things, trying to keep her mind off of what she was doing, not really looking at what she was packing – after all these memories belonged to Bo and Luke, they were not really hers pine over. She felt guilty to do, like she had no right to cry for their lost memories, she knew these things didn’t hold the same meaning for her, but it broke her heart for her cousins pain, for everything they had lost. Daisy took everything outside and packed it her white jeep, along with all her things. She looked around the farmyard, then stared at the house, it no longer seemed at all like home. The house looked older somehow, it had always looked cheerful and bright to her before, now it looked dark and depressing.  Daisy closed her eyes, feeling the cool breeze blowing across her face, she listened to the wind which seemed to carry the laughter of happier days, memories of growing up with her cousins, and the uncle that had loved them so much. She listened quietly for several minutes then opened her eyes, and wiped away her tears. She climbed into the jeep and started the engine.
     “Goodbye.” She whispered softly before driving away, praying that they all could once again find the kind of happiness they had before in their new lives.
     It was only minutes after Daisy left that Jesse arrived back at the farm, he noticed that Daisy’s white jeep, Dixie, was once again gone. He sighed heavily as he pulled the truck to a stop beside the old oak tree in front of the house.  He climbed out of his old white truck and looked around the farmyard. The air that had once always been filled with laughter, happiness and love, no matter how bad things had got before, no matter how more they had been, it had always been there before and now he could feel only despair which hung heavy in the air. He went into the house, still unable to find an escape from the sadness and pain. He walked down the hallway, noticing the open bedroom door. He looked into the boys bedroom and noticed all Bo’s and Luke’s things were gone, he figured that Daisy had left to take them their things, wherever they were hiding. He stepped back out of the room and closed the door, it pained his heart to see the empty room even though he was the one that had drove them away. He stopped by Daisy’s door and peeked into the room, his heart filled with sorrow to see that it too was empty, Daisy had packed all her things and left. Hot tears burned in Jesse Duke’s eyes, and slowly began to course their way down his cheeks, all his family had left, and knew that he had nobody to blame but himself. He closed the bedroom door and went into his own room. Jesse took out several old photo albums and sat in the chair, looking at the images of happier times, he knew there was no way to get times like that back the damage had been done.  He had spent the last few hours thinking of everything Daisy had said, and he knew that she was right he had turned his back on his nephews, he was finally starting to see that it was Luke who had returned. He knew there was no way to ever say he was sorry for his unwillingness to accept that it was Luke, or to even accept that he was good, just because the beliefs he had been raised on went against such things.
     “I am sorry.” Jesse said quietly as he stared at a picture of Bo and Luke that had been taken several months ago. “I should’ve opened by eyes to see the truth, and not been too blind to see what was right in front of my eyes.”
Tears blurred Jesse’s vision, he shut the photo album, and closed his eyes and allowed his tears to flow freely for everything that had been lost. He knew even if he saw the boys again and could say that he was sorry, things had changed far too much and they all just had to move on with their lives, he just prayed that his kids could find happiness. He had never felt more alone then he did at that moment, and he knew that from then on, no matter how many people he was with, he’d never shake this feeling of loneliness, not with his kids having left, because it was his closed minded rage that had drove them all away.
     Bo looked out the window when he heard a car approaching. “Daisy’s back.”
Luke and Bo went outside to greet their cousin, they both could tell how upset she looked and that she had been crying.
     “Are you okay?” Luke asked.
     “I’ll be okay.” Daisy said.
     “What happened?” Bo asked.
     “Everything just fell apart at home is all. I had anther fight with Uncle Jesse … he is just too blind to even want to see the truth.” Daisy said sadly. “I had talked to Enos before I arrived back home … at the farm. He offered to let me staying at the boarding house with him, I have decided to take him up on that offer I had to get away I couldn’t stay there any more just too … depressing.”
Bo and Luke both gave a nod of understanding.
     “Next thing you know you and Enos will be getting married.” Bo joked, trying to lighten the mood.
Daisy gave a small laugh, though that laughter never reached her eyes. “Yeah, you never know.”
     “I know that it’s hard to leave home, but maybe we all needed to start new lives anyways.” Bo said and glanced at Luke.
     “Maybe. Though I’d rather both of you didn’t feel forced into living.” Luke said.
     “I just wish that Uncle Jesse would’ve opened his eyes … and even if he couldn’t accept that you are you to accept that you are good.” Bo said.
     “Exactly.” Daisy agreed.
     “It just goes against what he was raised to believe.”  Luke reasoned.
     “Yeah but … we were all raised with those same beliefs and we ain’t so blind to the truth.” Bo said, there was touch of anger in his voice.
     “I guess as society changes more people become aware to the endless possibilities that exist. Even though the same truths have existed for all of time.” Luke said.
There was a moment of silence before any of the three cousins spoke again.
     “I can help you take your things inside. I packed everything.” Daisy said.
     “Thanks, Daisy.” Bo said.
     “No problem.”
They carried Bo and Luke’s things inside the cabin, only taking a couple minutes with the three of them.
     “It’ll sure seem more like home once we unpack everything.” Bo said. “You know even if Uncle Jesse decided to believe … after all that happened I don’t think I could move back to the farm.”
     “You should.” Luke said.
     “Bo’s right. I mean too much happened … after all that was said, I know I couldn’t go back to the farm, at least not to live.” Daisy said.
Luke didn’t say anything he would rather that Bo would go back to the farm if the opportunity arose because he knew he wouldn’t be there forever for Bo. He didn’t know how long he was back for, and didn’t want his younger cousin to be left alone, though he knew it was Bo’s choice.
     “I guess I should getting going to Enos’s.” Daisy said, a part of her wanted to stay there with her cousins, but she knew it really wasn’t an option.
     “Tell him we said hey.” Bo said.
     “I will.” Daisy said.
     “And, Daisy, thanks again for everything.” Luke said.
     “Of course.” Daisy said, she gave each of cousins a kiss goodbye on the cheek and went back out to her jeep and headed off towards town.

Chapter Six: And So It Ends