After arriving at the hospital, Bo had to wait for Uncle Jesse to open the door because his hands were so burned that he doubted that he could even hold on to the door handle.

Tearfully, Bo watched as Jesse climbed out of the truck and walked around to his side of the truck and opened the door.

An aged hand reached up and gingerly helped Bo out of the truck, before supporting him in his walk towards the hospital.

Bo whimpered several times as the wind blew on his burns, causing him great pain, but somehow he managed not to cry out as he and his uncle entered the hospital.

Carefully, Jesse helped Bo in to a chair before he went to the Sign In desk and signed his nephew in to the hospital.

Once that was done, Jesse turned around and walked back to Bo and sat down next to him. Bo was sitting hunched over in the chair, looking down at his burned hands. He just couldn't believe that Luke had treated him like he had.

Luke, his older cousin, had treated Bo like dirt. But, it wasn't the burns that hurt Bo the most. It was the knowledge that Luke cared for money more than he cared for his cousin.

Bo would have thought that Luke's time in the marines would have cured him of this, but apparently not. Apparently it has just made Luke's obsession with money, worse.

Sniffling, Bo raised his red, puffy, tear filled eyes and looked at his uncle.

"Uncle Jesse, I...need ta go...to get away from Luke, till he get's it through his head that money ain't everything. I can't keep walkin' on eggshells 'round him, wonderin' when he'll attack me again." Bo said.

"Bo, this was an accident. Luke didn't mean it." Jesse replied.

"You don't know that, Uncle Jesse, an' I don't know that. But, in my opinion, better safe than sorry." Bo said sadly.

"Where will ya go, Bo? Yer place is at the farm." Jesse said, trying to disuade Bo from doing something rash.

"I'll stay in Cooter's Garage. I know he won't mind." Bo replied as the tears of pain and rejection started to fall.

"Alright Bo. Yer a grown man, an I can't stop you, but, just remember that the farm is yer home, an yer always welcome to come back." Jesse said.

Bo nodded his head as a side door opened and a nurse stepped out with a chart in her hands.

"Bo Duke." The nurse said, before she looked up and scanned the rows of patients.

Glancing up, Jesse helped his nephew to stand and then helped him past the nurse and down the hall to an exam room.

Once there, the nurse asked him a few questions, before taking his vitals, before she even looked at his hands, and other burned area's.

After writing everything down in the chart, she then left the room, but not before informing them that a doctor would be in to see Bo, shortly.

Shortly turned out to be five minutes, but once the doctor entered the room, Bo gave him his full and undivided attention.

The doctor glanced at the folder, before he started to treat Bo's hands. He cleaned the burns, and then put cream on them, before wrapping the lightly in gauze.

"Yer gonna be alright, young man. Just make sure you clean and redress them at least once a day." The doctor said, before he helped Bo off of the exam room table.

"Thank ya, sir." Bo said politely before he and his uncle left the room, and the hospital.

The drive back to the farm was made in silence.

Bo, wondering just what had become of his and Luke's friendship, and Jesse praying that Bo would change his mind and stay at the farm.

After arriving back at the farm, Bo managed to get inside with a little help from his uncle.

He walked to his and Luke's bedroom and quickly packed up what little he actually had. Of course, it was fairly easy because Uncle Jesse did most of the packing, while Bo supervised, because that was all he really could do.

Once Bo was all packed up and ready to go, he and Uncle Jesse went to the kitchen to use the phone.

Jesse picked up the reciever and dialed Cooter's number, before he held the reciever up to Bo's ear, so Bo could talk to his friend.

Bo hadn't wanted to use the CB, in case Luke would overhear and come rushing back to try and stop Bo.

One ring, then two passed before Cooter picked up.

"Hello? This is Cooter's Garage." Cooter said in a buisness like tone of voice.

"Cooter? This here's Bo. Listen, I need a favor." Bo said, as he laid down the problem he had.

Cooter listened to Bo's story from beginning to end, while he looked across the street at the small dine-in shop where Luke and Becky Lynn were injoying a three course meal.

"Yeah, sure thing buddyroe. You can stay here as long as ya want." Cooter said in to the reciever.

"Thanks fer yer help, Cooter." Bo said greatfully.

"Listen, I got a call some three, four miles from yer farm, so I'll jus come by an pick ya up." Cooter said.

Bo smiled and said, "Thanks a lot Cooter. I'll be waitin."

Bo nodded to his uncle, who then in turn hung up the phone.

"Cooter'll be here soon." Bo informed, before he sighed and moved over to the couch.

"Sure hope ya know what yer doin, Bo." Jesse said with a slight frown on his face.

"Me too, Uncle Jesse. Me too." Bo agreed.