"OK, little cousin, Are you sure you get the course?"

"Of course! I come out by Possum swamp, go to the county line, take a right and hightail it for town! It's too simple, Bo! Why the General will be flyin' over the hills!"

"Now you just be careful, Sarah. Cooter got the General all nice for the race don't be killin' him. Now be careful goin' over the river jump."

"I know, I know…"

"Wanna go back an' do it just for fun?"

"Can I do it?"

"No, I want to. I ain't got many more years with this here baby."

  The air rushed by the windows. You could see everything from the top of the hill. Then, Bo slumped over. Sarah screamed as the General went off the jump in to the river head on.

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            "Nurse, get me 4cc's stat!"

            Her head throbbed. The lights passed over her like beams of heat annoying her mind. The cart Sarah was on rattled beneath her as they moved quickly down a hallway.

She felt a prick in her arm and she fell into a deep darkness.

            When Sarah woke up, she found herself in a hospital bed. One of her legs was in traction. Her wrist was wrapped.

            "Sarah, your awake!" Luke spoke. She was showered by multiple hugs from her family.

            Then she remembered Bo.

            "What happened? Is he Ok? Tell me! Don't hold anything back."

            "We're still trying to find out sweetie." Replied Daisy, "He's still in the OR."

            Sarah lay back down. Sudden privacy beckoned to her.

            "I need some time alone." She told everyone, "Wait Luke, you can stay"

            Everyone walked out and Luke swaggered back in. He pulled up a chair.

            "Lazy." Sarah joked

            He smiled and just stared at her. Her hair was messed up, face without make up, just the usual. Plain old Sarah was still there.

            "What are you looking at?" She asked.

            "You." was Luke's reply. "You look so much like him."

            Sarah looked in the door mirror. She had Bo's luscious blond hair, even his tan. But the eyes threw everyone one off. They were Luke's, which she was very proud of.

Then she saw what had happened. She had cuts on her face, some of which would scar. Her left eye had a small gash by it. Her face was one of terror. She stared off into space.

            "What do you think will happen to him?" Sarah asked.

            "Who?" asked Luke.

            "Bo. I can't stand to loose him."

            "Neither can I Little cousin."

            Luke got up and sat on the bed beside her. Then Sarah saw something she thought she would have never seen in her Cousins. Tears glistened in Luke's pure, blue eyes. He blinked them away.

            "Luke, what is really wrong with Bo?"

            "I don't know, little cousin, I really don't know."

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Daisy, Uncle Jesse, Enos, and Cooter sat in the waiting room. Daisy picked at her nail and looked at the clock on the wall.

"It's been 16 hours, Uncle Jesse. Something is wrong."

"Now don't you be worrying, Daisy." was his reply. "You know the boys, he'll pull through"

"I'm goin' to the snack machine." Said Enos, getting up.

"Unnng" he said as he stretched. " Anyone want anythin'?"

"Don't go now, goofball." Said Cooter. "Here comes the doctor."

The surgeon walked in, in green standard hospital scrubs. He had a pained looked on his face.  The group gathered around him, expecting the worst.

"Well," he began, "We found out why he must have collapsed, as Sarah told us. He was having severe heat stroke. We didn't want to put him on liquids just yet because we had to do surgery. We found that many of his ribs had cracked. One had shattered and went strait through his heart and punctured a lung. That was why it took so long. We were able to save him."

A sigh of relief went through the group.

"But," the doctor went on, " The lack of fluid made him go into shock, and we couldn't bring him back. I'm sorry." 

Daisy crumpled down. Cooter just looked away, hand over his mouth. While Enos got down to comfort Daisy, a Nurse ran out.

"Doctor! Your not gonna believe this!"

"What is it?"

"That Duke boy. I knew God musta been tellin' me to keep that needle in his arm! By golly, he's alive!"