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Two hours later, Bo pulled into the barn with the General in ship-shape. He frowned when he saw the same brown Chevy parked in front of the house. He ran his hand along the side before walking into the house. Everyone, including Jesse, was sitting inside the lounge room laughing. "Oh boy." Jesse said wiping away the tears from the corner of his eyes, "you boys got into as much mischief as Luke and Bo did, still does! You know Luke, I always thought Bo was the one that got you two into trouble, but I'm starting to think otherwise now."
"Ha! I knew it!" Bo exclaimed, scaring them all half to death. "You always say I get us into trouble and you get us out. You get in as much trouble without me!"
"When did you get home?" Luke demanded, not pleased that his cousin heard that last part.
Bo grinned, "It doesn't matter, what does matter is that now we all know I'm not the only trouble-maker." Bo looked too smug for Luke's liking.
"No way! You didn't hear everything. You're..." Luke looked at Bo's triumphant face and sighed. "Why do I bother?"
"I don't know, Luke. Why do you?" Bo laughed. George, Jenny and Jesse joined in.
"Well, we've got some errands to do in town. Now that we are staying here, I would like to get some necessities." Jenny said.
George and Jenny got up.
"Do you need us to take you into town?"
"No," George said, a little quickly, "I think we can find our way. I've taken up a lot of your time today."
"Actually, Luke, Bo. You still have chores to finish." Jesse said. No-one noticed the relief on George and Jenny's faces.
"We will be back before dinner time. I heard you are the best cook in the county, Jesse." Jenny said, smiling at Bo.
"Don't listen to him." Jesse said.
The boys had been doing their chores for over an hour now. They started cutting wood in the back. It was unusually quiet. Actually, Bo was. He seemed to be thinking about something. Luke found it very disturbing. He was used to his cousin's non-stop chatter. He stopped and stood up. "Alright, out with it before your head explodes." Luke demanded.
"Huh?" Bo looked up.
"Something's on your mind and I want to know what." Luke looked at Bo with his arms folded, leaning on a wooden post. Bo didn't want to tell Luke about what he was thinking because he knew he wouldn't like it and he didn't want to make Luke mad.
"Well?"
Bo sighed, he knew Luke wasn't going to let it go. "When I left the Boar's Nest I saw there was a brown Chevy parked next to the General. I didn't know it at the time but I think it belong to George." Luke nodded for Bo to continue. "I saw a map of Hazzard sitting on the seat of the car so I took a peek."
Luke frowned, "You took a peek? Why would you do that?"
"I don't know. Maybe I was curious. Was wondering what places tourists would want to see here in Hazzard." Bo shrugged. "Anyway, they marked some places on the map. Don't remember it all but there was a place somewhere in the woods off Cottontail Rd, the Bank, the Sheriff's office, and a couple of other places."
Luke thought about that. "I'll admit that they are weird places to sight-see but I don't see anything to need to worry about."
"But don't you reckon it's strange?" Bo asked, "If George and Jenny were really just passing through like they said, why would they have places marked on a map."
Luke thought about it and then stood up, "Hold on right there, Bo. Are you implying that George is lying to me?" Bo could see Luke wasn't very happy with him.
"I was just thinking it strange, that's all. I'm sure they have a good explanation." Bo tried to calm Luke down.
"I'm sure there is too, but you will not ask them about it. I won't have you disrespecting my friend, especially one that saved my life!" Luke was stepping towards Bo until he was pointing at his chest. Bo pushed his finger away.
"Fine!" Bo went to where the axe was and started chopping the wood. "You're the one who asked me what I was thinking."
Luke calmed down and looked over at his cousin, who was obviously upset. "Look Bo..."
"Forget about it, Luke." Bo stopped and looked up at his cousin. "I know George is a good friend. I won't go doing anything to make him feel he's not welcomed. Now can we get back to work?"
Luke nodded. He'll leave it for now. He'll speak to Bo in their room.
Around the corner of the house, unbeknownst to them, was Jenny. They had arrived back at the house about five minutes ago. Her husband was talking to Jesse inside the house and she had thought she would go for a walk around the house. It was lucky she did, otherwise she wouldn't have heard the cousins' conversation. She smiled. Looks like they'll have to be a little more careful around Luke's little cousin. She knew they were safe because Luke wouldn't hear one bad word about his saviour. She might be able to work this to their advantage. She turned around and walked back in the house.
Dinner was great and it seemed that Luke and Bo had left aside their differences about the Livingston's. They talked about everything from pranks at school to war stories. Bo smiled, this was probably the first time Luke had talked about his time in Vietnam without putting up a wall. After two hours of memories, George yawned. "You know what? I'm beat. Mind if we call it a night?" George got up and pulled his wife with him.
"Of course, you must be tired from driving." Luke said.
"Good night then." George said. They all said their good nights and then headed for their bedrooms.
Once Jenny closed the door, she smiled evilly at her husband. "Phase one complete." George walked up to her and slid his arms around her.
"This is going to be easier than I thought." George said, then Jenny pushed him back.
"We have one problem." Jenny put up a finger. "Bo seems to suspect something. I didn't hear everything but Luke was warning Bo about disrespecting us."
George frowned, "that's not good."
"No, but I have a plan." Jenny smiled, "It seems your good friend, Luke, would not hear one bad word about you."
George laughed, "He always was the loyal type. So what's your plan?"
"If we drive a wedge between Luke and his cousin, we could rid ourselves of Bo and gain an ally in Luke. If we could convince Luke that Hazzard is no longer for him. He can join us. You always said he was an amazing strategist."
George was doubtful. "I don't know. From how Luke use to talk about his cousin, you can tell those two are closer than two peas in a pod."
"Now, George. Don't forget I am the master at manipulation. As long as you still have those drugs from our last robbery."
"After selling most of them I have about 4 maybe 5 left."
"More than enough. . And if Luke won't join us then we'll just leave him in a nightmare he will create himself." Jenny kissed her husband, "Now here's the plan. We are going to..."
Luke and Bo were getting into their pyjama bottoms. "Good night, Luke." Bo said got into bed and pulled up the covers. Luke sighed and sat down on his bed.
"Bo, I'm sorry I snapped at you earlier." Luke apologised. "I know you were just looking out for me."
Bo turned to Luke. "I'm not mad at you. I had no right to accuse George and Jenny of anything. They're your friends and I respect that. Now, can we sleep?"
Luke smiled. "Alright, good night, Bo." Luke turned out the lights and then got into bed.
Bo laid there with his eyes open. He still didn't trust the Livingston's but he was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. He was going to keep a close eye on them for now.
