Chapter 6
I drive the General Lee and sometimes I look at Luke who stays silent by my side.
"Luke, it's not your fault".
He shakes his head, "I should have noticed something strange last night. That shadow near the kitchen's door, her sleeping by your side in a different manner… she was only pretending to sleep, but she heard everything Rosco said, and now…"
I try to calm him, "It's not your fault. You were tired, like everyone. You needed to sleep, like everyone".
I know he feels responsible for Daisy.
He's like a big brother for me and Daisy, and he knows it.
This morning, when we woke up, we noticed Daisy wasn't at the farm.
We looked for her everywhere in the farm and 'round there, and we noticed her jeep wasn't there.
At the beginning we thought she wanted to stay alone, but she wouldn't have turn from Enos, leaving the farm without a word.
Luke remembered that shadow in the living room last night, and he understood: if Daisy heard everything Rosco said 'bout McGuire, knowing Daisy's temper, we know what she's thinking, and doing, now.
I sigh, "Do you really think she's going to take revenge? Do you really think that she's going to...".
I don't want to believe it. I really don't want to believe it.
But unfortunately, in that morning, we noticed that her jeep wasn't the only thing missing.
Luke takes a deep breath, "His gun. I didn't find his gun. It was there last night, and this morning... no".
I don't want to think 'bout Daisy, a gun in her hand, looking for revenge.
It's a scaring thought.
Why are things going so fast?
"I can't believe she wants to take revenge", I keep on repeating this mantra, trying to convince myself.
Luke is now nervous, "Stop talking Bo. Last night I'd have smashed every tooth in John's head. So, it's not so strange Daisy wants to… kill him. The only thing to do is to find her and to stop her".
I nod.
He calms, "Moreover, she's in danger. A gun can't protect her from John and his gang, and, anyway, she won't use that gun for revenge. It's not what uncle Jesse taught us. And it's not what Enos wants. She won't kill John, and she's in danger".
He's right, I know, so we have to hurry up, "We have to find where she's right now. Where did she think to find John?".
"Good point, cousin. We need to think like Daisy if we want to find her".
Luke's mind is now working quickly, fear and anger now under control, "she wouldn't meet John at his house, nor in a public place. Everyone here in Hazzard knows that John meets his gang in a disused barn. And I bet Daisy's waiting for John at that barn".
Finally we arrive at the barn, where there are some cars.
I stop the General near some bushes, in order to hide it, and I see Daisy's jeep. We are Dukes, and obviously we have a common way to think.
When I go near the jeep, with Luke by my side, I see Enos's gun on the jeep's seat.
Luke was right, Daisy wouldn't have used that gun.
I'm glad 'bout it, but I wonder where Daisy is.
And while I'm looking around to find Daisy, I hear a shout.
It's Daisy.
I run to the barn, Luke behind me.
When we enter the barn, we see something that freezes us.
Then that freeze becomes a fire, a fire of anger.
I fling myself against John and I put him away from Daisy.
I start to beat him down, but it's not only me and him, there are also his friends.
It's me and Luke against John and his friends.
Daisy looks at us, horrified.
