Luke and Heather arrived at the farm just after Bo and Cherokee had walked out of sight.
Luke ran into the house pulling Heather behind him and hollering all the way.
"Cherokee, Bo, Cherokee? "
As he went from room to room in his search.,Daisy came out of her bedroom.
"Luke, what's all the ruckus about?"
"Is Cherokee in there?" Luke asked pointing to the girl's room.
"No, she's gone out walkin with Bo. Why, what's wrong?"
"Nothin's wrong we just need to talk to her"
"Well, their out walkin the back 40 I think" Daisy informed him.
"Oh lord, the back 40? They could be gone for hours"
"Is there some urgency? Uncle Jesse's gone with the pickup but we could take the jeep out looking for em"
"No, it ain't urgent. I just wanted to get it over with now"
"Luke are you sure everything's ok? Seems to me yer' in an awful hurry"
"Everything's fine Daisy"
"He's just anxious. We talked about me and Cherokee settlin down here in Hazzard but I told him I needed to clear it with Cherokee first. He just wants to get her to agree to stay is all." Heather informed her.
"Oh I see. Well Bo would be glad to hear that too." Daisy said now finally understanding all the ruckus.
"Why is that?" Heather asked.
"Well Bo is so taken up with her it ain't even funny. He's walkin round' here like a love bird who's lost his way.
Why just yesterday he tried to milk Maudine the mule instead of the billy goat.
He's so far gone he can't see straight." Daisy said.
"Really? He's seemed fine to me." Heather said.
"No, it's true. He has been actin strange. Shoot, he was really interested the day we pulled ya'll out of the car and that was 3 weeks ago.
He's only been getting deeper since. I've noticed it myself." Luke added.
"Oh no, I guess I've been so busy I haven't noticed. How's Cherokee reacting to all this?" Heather said.
"She seems ok about it, why?" Daisy asked curiously.
"Yeah, what did you mean by oh no?" Luke asked.
"Uh, nothing. It's just that she would have expected me to notice" Heather said nervously.
Luke looked at her with obvious suspicion. Something about that statement didn't quite sit right with him but for now he'd let it go. He sure was going to keep his eye on things though. "Well, you two can have a visit while I finish up the chores and we'll talk to Cherokee when they get back"
"I'm sorry I can't I got to get to work" Daisy said.
"I thought you had off today?" Luke said.
"They called me in. Betty Sue's daddy got thrown from his horse and hurt his back. She had to stay home and tend him"
"You mean his horse "High Octane?"
"That's the one"
"That horse is wilder than a stallion at breedin' time. What was he doin tryin to ride him?"
"Tryin to break him I reckon"
"You can't break a horse by climbin right on his back" Heather chipped in.
"Hey, he could be your first client. You could train ole' "High Octane." Luke said.
"What are ya'll talkin bout' ?" Daisy asked.
"Luke says Cherokee and I should start a horse trainin and trail ridin operation here"
"You know horses?" Daisy asked.
"We was born and raised with em"
"That's a great idea. We could really use something like that here. You'd do lots of business. Why, I'd be your first trail customer. I love horses." Daisy said.
"We might consider it" Heather shrugged.
"Great. Well listen I gotta get to work, I'll talk to ya'll later. Bye now" Daisy said as she hopped in the jeep and took off down the driveway.
Luke turned to Heather "Make yourself at home, I'm gonna finish up the evening chores"
"I'll help you" Heather said.
"You don't have to do that."
"I know but I want to….Please?" Heather said when Luke hesitated.
"Alright, but it can be rough on the muscles"
"I can handle it"
"Ok, lets go" Luke said as he led her toward the barn.
Bo and Cherokee walked hand in hand through the field of crops that Uncle Jesse and the three Duke cousins had planted.
"Ya'll did this all by hand?" Cherokee asked.
"Sure did darlin' ." Bo replied.
"Wow, it's a nice job. I could never do that, My thumb ain't green enough"
"Shoot, don't need a green thumb. Just determination and patience"
"Well, Patience is one thing I have a whole lot of."
"Really? That's a great quality"
"Well, it's a requirment for me"
"How's come?"
"Well, when you work with horses you have to have patience otherwise the horse is likely to show you who's boss"
"You work with horses?"
"That's how we make our living from town to town. We do a few weeks worth of work on a horse farm till we get enough money saved up to move on to the next town"
"Wow, that's great. I love horses"
"Yeah their a great animal. Speaking of which I guess we need to be finding some work now that we've healed up a bit"
"What for? The Doc told ya to rest awhile."
"So we can be movin on"
"What? You can't leave"
"And why not?"
"Cause I don't want you to. I already told you that you're something special to me"
"Well Bo, knowing that makes me feel good inside but I can't stay here. You and I can never be"
"But back at the farm you said……."
Cherokee cut him off. "I know what I said Bo. And I've thought about it and I'm sorry, it can never be"
" Well, Why the hell not?"
"Because there are to many obstacles"
"Obstacles? I don't understand"
"I know and I'm sorry I can't explain it to you but you just need to trust me on this"
"Cherokee please, whatever it is that your not telling me. I can help all you have to do is confide in me and I'll make sure it turns out ok"
"I wish I could believe that Bo, but it's gonna take a whole lot more than you and your Hazzard County Army to straighten this out"
"Things aren't always as bad as they seem"
"Yeah and the grass ain't always greener on the other side either."
Bo grabbed her hand and stopped her short "Cherokee, I would never do any thing to hurt you"
"I know that"
"And I'd never let anyone else hurt you either"
"Sometimes we can't control what happens to us Bo"
"We can sure try." Cherokee pulled away as she walked on ahead waving her arms.
"No Bo, not this time. Just leave well enough alone. We'll all be better off that way"
"Cherokee, Wait….WAIT!"
But Cherokee didn't stop she just kept walking away until she disappeared from Bo's sight.
Bo didn't know what was going on with her but he wasn't gonna rest until he found out and put a stop to whatever it was that had Cherokee so closed up.
He looked up at the sky with a silent plea to the Lord and then continued on his way home.