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After getting out of town Jeb asked, "So, where to? Home?"

Dixie turned to look at Jeb. She strained to answer, "Do I have to?"

"Well, who am I to tell you that you have to do anything?" Jeb asked, trying to get her to talk to him, "But, don't you think it will only cause even more trouble?"

Dixie asked sadly, "Jeb, how much more trouble can I be in?"

Jeb interrupted by saying in true Duke fashion, "I learned. You NEVER ask questions like that!"

Dixie had to smile just a bit. She had always been able to talk to Jeb, as she could Luke or Daisy, but neither of them were here.

"Do you need to talk?" asked Jeb as they continued to drive in the general direction of the Davenport farm.

Her eyes filled with tears as she shook her head 'yes'.

Jeb pulled into a wide spot. He held her for a long while and let her cry.

Finally, Dixie sat up, and wiped her tears. "I'm sorry Jeb." she sighed, "I did need that. Thanks." she paused to try to collect herself and wipe her tears, "Since this all started, ... I had to be strong for Luke. ... Now, I can't let either Cooter or Luther know I'm crying or they start in on me."

Jeb noticed that Dixie had used her father's first name instead of calling him Dad as she usually did, he said, "That's OK, Dixie. When ever you need a shoulder, I'm here."

"It's just that I'm getting so much he-- at the house you wouldn't believe. This is all hard enough, without Luther and Cooter giving me grief. I was really wanting to stay in Hazzard, but now, I don't know if I can. I hate Luther for doing this to Luke, to me ... with ... out ... Luke ...I just ... don't know ... if ... I can stay ... here." she sobbed still obviously very upset.

Jeb again noted the use of her father's first name, as he said, "Look. I'm not Luke. I can't be him, nor would I ever try, but he is my cousin. I can tell you THIS. No one will bother you around me! I can also tell you, that no one had better try to upset you, in any way in front of any of us Dukes." he paused. He wanted to comfort her but he knew the people of Hazzard too well. She needed to be prepared for what she would face when she went to town and especially back to school next week after the Spring break, "Dixie, you do know this is all going to get worse before it gets better."

She looked at him confused.

Jeb continued, "I know the people here. I know that Luke was wanting to marry you even if he couldn't be with you. I can see his logic, of course we all know Luke has a pretty weird sense of logic." Jeb paused seeing Dixie smile. "Other than your true friends The guys are going to think you are an 'easy' target; the girls will..."

Dixie interrupted, "Not want to 'tarnish' their reputations by being seen around me, even though they have done the same thing years before I did it once."

Jeb nodded 'yes' slowly, relieved that this wasn't coming as a major surprise to her, and at least when things happened she would be prepared for it. "Then you have the older people who will 'act' like nothing like 'this' ever happened to their generation. I know life, especially in a small place like Hazzard, can be very cruel. Everyone knows everyone, which means, everyone knows everyone else's business, then they try to stick their noses into it."

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Dawn was breaking as Jesse sat in the living room sipping a cup of coffee, with only the dim light in the kitchen which was left on for Jeb, as he heard the engine of the pickup pull in. A few minutes later he heard voices. He stood up as Jeb and Dixie walked into the kitchen. Both Jeb and Dixie spoke quietly at the same time, "Uncle Jesse ..." They looked at each other, finally Jeb began to explain, "Uncle Jesse, I think Dixie needs to talk to you about what's going on, ..." he paused, seeing the look Jesse gave him. He knew that Jesse would help Dixie in any way he could, once he understood the problem, but right now Jesse was worried because he knew Luther would be even more mad at her for coming here. "Jesse, Luther won't even let her call her Mother ..."

"What?" said Jesse.

Dixie nodded that Jeb had told him the truth. "When you came over to talk to Luther that day I called Daisy. You can ask her, about his reaction when he saw I was on the phone. He scared me for the first time in my life, because he thought I'd called my Mother."

Jesse nodded to Jeb. Jeb headed to his room it had been a long night and looked to be a long day. Jesse asked, "Has he hit you?"

Dixie said, "I think it would have hurt less if he had. No, he hasn't touched me. He just kicked in the door when he saw the phone cord. He wasn't happy that I was talking to Daisy, but he had been scared I'd called Mother. He doesn't want her to know about all this. I think he is afraid he'll loose me that I'll go back home with her. Uncle Jesse if he's so afraid of loosing me, then why is he doing this to Luke and me?"

Jesse began in a friendly manner, "Honey, I think your Dad is so wrapped up in protecting you, that he can't see what he is doing to either of you. It's like he can't see the forest for the trees. Take me and the boys, we would stop at nothing to see that Daisy isn't hurt, but you've seen her, sometimes she doesn't want to be protected. Sometimes its really hard for us to back off and let her learn for herself..."

"But you do!" stated Dixie.

"Well, its taken us a lot of years to know Daisy. Usually, that girl's as helpless as a baby barracuda and can handle things on her own, but, there are times she needs help and doesn't realize it. It is hard to know which is which." explained Jesse, then he added, "Its been some time since you have been around your Dad and Cooter. Give them some time to know you can handle yourself and I bet they will back off and let you do just that."

"How will that help Luke?" she asked.

Jesse replied solemnly, "It may not." Jesse continued, "I feel every bit as helpless in this as you do, if not more so."

"But it was MY fault not yours." Dixie insisted.

Jesse shook his head 'no', "Now, I want you to listen to me, and listen good. What happened, was not your fault. You didn't know the laws. Now, Luke on the other hand did, but he assumed that you were 18. Then, you had the hot shot new Trooper wanting to make a name, so what this all boils down to is a chain of events that didn't end up like any one intended. See? So there is no way you can take the blame for this. Now it's about time for me to start breakfast. You can use the phone to call you Mother if you'd like, while I fix breakfast before the others get up."

Dixie hugged Jesse, "Thank you. I just haven't figured out how to tell her all this."

Jesse advised, "Just start at the beginning. The rest will come."

Dixie nodded as she picked up the phone.

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Peggy had learned not to ask Mark and Luke what they wanted for breakfast because they would both tell her just coffee so she called the diner to place their order for Rosco to pick up on his way in to work. It was hard to tell who was the most surprised at the breakfast of pork chops, biscuits, gravy and eggs. Luke and Mark were surprised and a bit suspicious.

Rosco on the other hand almost fainted and said, "Great gobs of goose grease, Boss will have a fit you ordering like this here!"

Peggy waved him off, "It was the 'special'."

"I ain't never known them to have pork chops as the 'special' " said Rosco.

"And they won't AGAIN if you don't shut up and eat." Peggy said lowly.

None of this was missed by Mark and Luke, across the room though, they couldn't actually hear Peggy's remark.

Mark asked as he took a bite of pork chop, "Luke you ever know the diner to have pork chops as a 'special'?"

Luke replied, "Can't say as I have, but I usually don't eat there either. So don't loose your appetite just yet."

"So why are you just picking at your breakfast?" Mark asked.

"I'm, ... ah, ... not." Luke looked at his plate seeing that he had been rearranging the food on his plate rather than eating it. "Ok, so I am. I don't know. Little things, that don't add up to anything, a gut feeling, nothing I can put a finger on."

"Well, if its nothing, then eat. We could set here a couple weeks before they get things in motion. You know Hazzard." said Mark trying to sound convincing.

Luke looked at his friend with the slightest smile, "Thanks. You are right. Why worry about something until we have something to worry about." Luke knew they both had a lot to worry about but he'd eat to make Mark and Peggy happy. He knew he'd hear it from Peggy, if he didn't eat, and then from Jesse once she told him.

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Luther Davenport finished his coffee, put his cup in the sink, and looked at his daughter's bedroom door. He had grounded her to her room. Each morning before leaving for the garage he had checked to make sure that she was still there. He knew he'd have to lighten up on her sometime, but he wasn't sure he'd be able to trust her again. Though he'd not admit it, he felt responsible for letting her and Luke get close. He just didn't know how it could have happened without him seeing it. Luther walked to Dixie's bedroom door. He paused before opening the door. For no apparent reason, he turned away from the door, without checking to see if she was still there and headed to the garage.

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Dixie nodded as she picked up the phone.

Her Mother's sleepy voice answered, "Hello."

"Mom, I'm sorry to wake you." Dixie said quickly adding, "Nothing is wrong. I'm OK."

More awake now, her Mother said, "I thought you had forgotten my number."

Dixie replied, "I just haven't had a chance to call in awhile. Are you doing anything this weekend?"

"Honey, I can be there to pick you up today." her Mother replied.

This was the offer made each time Dixie had called. "Mom, I don't want to leave Hazzard. I would like to talk to you, but not over the phone if you can come in this weekend."

Her Mother sighed. She had sworn not to return to Hazzard, when she and Luther had separated, but this sounded important to her daughter. "You know that your Father and me will only argue if I come there to see you."

Dixie had a solution. "Hang on a sec." she said into the phone, then went to the kitchen, "Uncle Jesse, I'm trying to talk Mom into coming in this weekend but she says, without knowing what's going on, that her and Luther will only fight if she come there to see me. I'd rather tell her in person what is happening than over the phone."

Jesse Duke looked at the young girl with a smile, "You know that you and your Mother are welcome here and she knows that."

"Thank you. I'll tell her." Dixie went back to the phone.

Jesse stood fixing breakfast as he remembered Dixie's Mother who had been good friends with his wife though she was several years younger. Once the kids had come to live with Jesse and Martha both Luther and his wife had spent a lot of time at the Duke farm. Cooter and Dixie were small then and soon became friends with Bo, Luke and Daisy. Jesse and Luther usually spent most of their time in the barn working side by side on Tilly. Jesse pushed the memories back, those had been good times, now so much had changed.

"Mom why don't you come in and stay at the Duke farm. Luther won't even have to know you are in town if you don't want him to. Please, I'd rather talk to you here than home anyway." Dixie kicked herself for letting it slip out that there was trouble.

"What is wrong? Are you at Jesse's now? Why would you rather talk at Jesse's?" questioned her Mother who had picked up on the fact that Luther was Luther and not Daddy as he had always been to Dixie.

Dixie sighed, she had stuck her foot in it now. "Yes, I'm at the Duke's. Let's just say, me and Luther aren't seeing eye to eye on a couple of things..."

Her Mother interrupted, she had lived in Hazzard long enough to know when someone was dodging telling something. It hadn't taken Dixie long to learn this 'art' she thought, "Dixie LeeAnn Davenport , you tell Jesse I'll be there by this afternoon, if not sooner. I told you that your Father didn't know about girls. Tell your brother..."

Dixie figured she was in this far she may as well tell her Mother at least this much, "Cooter and I aren't talking at the moment. Mom, you may very well agree with Luther, once you hear this, but I want you to know, that I am not ready to leave Hazzard."

"Just stay at Jesse's until I get there. Thank Jesse for me and I'll see you soon. I love you." said her Mother who had already started getting ready to leave for Hazzard.

"I love you too Mom." said Dixie as she hung up the phone she said to herself, 'I just hope you feel the same later.'

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As Carolyn Davenport drove across the county line she tried to prepare herself for seeing Luther again. They had always loved each other, which is why they never divorced. It was just that they couldn't agree on the fact he was making a large part of his money by working on people's cars who ran moonshine. She felt it was wrong to take money that was made illegally. He felt he did an honest job and was being paid for it and where the money came from wasn't important. He never told her that he tried to make sure the moonrunners he worked on at night had more power than the law enforcement agents cars that he worked on during business hours. As she was driving quickly towards town to go to the Duke farm she came up behind a slower moving panel van with State tags on it. There was no where to get around this van right here so she'd have to follow it. As she followed the van she could clearly see the marking on the side of the van as they went through the curves of Hazzard County. It read, 'State Department of Corrections'. Carolyn thought to herself, 'I wonder what they are doing in Hazzard? Probably to pick up some moonshiner or other.'

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Everyone was finishing up their morning chores as Dixie took in a load of dried clothes. Jesse was the only Duke in the house when she said, "Thanks again for letting me and Mom talk here."

Jesse smiled kindly, "You're welcome here anytime."

Dixie smiled and headed to Daisy's room to put up the clothes.

Jesse remembered his promise to Luke. He dried his hands and went into Bo and Luke's room. He walked over to Luke's dresser, setting right in the center of the dresser was a ring box. Jesse picked up the small box, opened it and saw the familiar ring that had been stored for so many years now. He had helped his brother pick it out for Luke's Mother. It was a simple diamond solitaire in a gold band. Jesse had to agree with Luke. It was time this ring saw daylight again and he couldn't have been more pleased with Luke's choice in girls. He just wished it were under better circumstances. When Jesse went into the living room he saw Dixie putting up the kitchen towels. He walked over to her and said, "Luke made me promise to give you something, that he wanted you to have." Jesse handed her the small box. "I helped my brother pick this out for Luke's Mother."

Dixie remembered Luke telling her that Jesse would have something for her. She saw the small box. She was almost afraid to guess what was in the box. She couldn't believe that Luke would really give her a ... No she wouldn't finish that thought because if she did and it wasn't what she was expecting she'd be disappointed. The only thing to do was to open the box. Her hands trembled as she took the box from Jesse. She looked at Jesse and he smiled at her. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out trying to keep her composure. As she opened the box Dixie saw the diamond. She didn't like to cry and had promised herself she wasn't going to cry anymore. All that was lost when she saw the ring. It started with tears of joy when she found her voice and asked, Jesse, "Will you put it on for me? I think my hands are shaking too badly."

Jesse placed the ring on her left ring finger.

Dixie managed to say, "It won't come back off ever." She still had tears rolling down her cheeks when she asked, "Would you mind if I went in Luke's room and try to pull myself together before Mom gets here?"

"You go right ahead. Take your time." Jesse answered. He knew she had not gotten any sleep last night.

Dixie walked into the familiar room where she had spent many nights when Daisy would have several friends over and the boys would sleep in the barn. Among the family pictures on the walls were trophies that both Bo and Luke had won in races, also there were trophies from all the different sports both had played in school, a Confederate flag hung above Luke's bed, and a checked flag above Bo's bed, everything was the same but it felt like something was missing. Dixie sat on Luke's bed looking at the beautiful ring while her tears continued to fall. She laid across Luke's pillow and pulled it close. She had to smile just a bit. Jesse hadn't changed the sheets and the pillow still smelled like Luke's aftershave. She continued to hold the pillow while looking at the ring on her finger. She was now shedding tears of grief for what she had lost.

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It was about lunch time when Daisy asked Jesse where Dixie was. Jesse replied, "She went in Luke's room to try to pull her self together before her Mother gets here. Why don't you go check on her. The last time I checked she was still crying." Jesse paused then said, "Daisy, Luke wanted her to have his Mother's engagement ring. I gave it to her a bit ago."

Daisy was surprised but would ask her questions later. For now she nodded knowingly and headed off to check on her friend. When she reached the closed door she gently opened it just enough to see that Dixie was now sound asleep. She pulled the door back together and went back to the kitchen. "She's asleep." Daisy said to Jesse.

Jesse replied, "Good, just let her sleep until she wakes up or her Mother gets here. I was hoping she'd take a nap. She didn't get any sleep last night."

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At the jail things weren't so peaceful. Peggy had left the downstairs area and was transferring the appropriate paperwork to the officers from the Dept. of Corrections. With all the paperwork in order all was left was the transfer of the prisoners. Peggy and one of the officers went into the downstairs cell area. She locked the gate behind them. Luke saw them enter while Mark had dosed off. He shook Mark and said, "You better wake up. Looks like it's show time."

Mark sat up seeing the officer from the Dept. of Corrections.

Peggy opened the door and said, "I need one of you at a time out here."

Being more awake Luke stepped to the cell door first.

Peggy locked the cell door back as the Dept. of Corrections officer started his process with Luke. She turned to face Mark while Luke was being processed.

The Officer had Luke to strip, squat and cough, then re-dress in an bright orange jumpsuit. Next, he placed a leather belt snuggly around Luke's waist, then placed handcuffs into the front of belt, next Luke was handcuffed to the belt, finally the officer placed leg irons (shackles) around his ankles.

Peggy opened the cell door for Mark to be processed and then busied herself with bagging up Luke and Mark's personal property. Mark was processed in the same manner as Luke had been. After Mark was cuffed up Peggy opened the gate to the upstairs. Both Luke and Mark were escorted to the waiting officer in the booking area upstairs.

Luke managed to find his voice as they were heading out to the waiting van, "Peggy, when you can, will you call Jesse?"

She tried to give him all the professional reassurance she could by saying, "I had already planned to. Take care, both of you."

Luke and Mark were placed in the panel van that had all the windows blocked off with a mesh screen. They heard the finality of the door being locked. As the van started up and pulled away, both were silent. Each lost in there own thoughts of Hazzard and what laidd ahead of them.

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Jesse stepped outside to call the others for lunch when he saw a large Chrysler sedan turn into his driveway. He smiled and said to himself, 'That could only be one person driving that. The more things change around here the more they stay the same.'

"What's that, Uncle Jesse?" asked Bo who had just stepped onto the porch and hadn't noticed the car yet.

Jesse pointed to the approaching car and said, "Dixie's Mother may be driving a sedan, but she is still driving a Chrysler with an engine in it." Jesse smiled as the car parked and Carolyn Davenport got out. "Well, now, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"

Carolyn replied, "Well, I'm a most likely some kind of sight! Considering I knew something was going on here and my daughter wouldn't tell me over the phone."

Jeb, Coy, Vance and Daisy had joined Bo, Jesse and Carolyn on the porch. "Well, now there's plenty of time for all that. Do you remember Bo, Jeb, Coy, Vance and Daisy?"

Carolyn Davenport took in the group of teens and young adults. "My, my, I wouldn't have known them had I seen them somewhere else. I've seen Dixie growing up in front of me but I still think of these guys as little like when I saw them last. Aren't we missing somebody? Where is Luke? I remember when these guys use to try to keep up with him and Cooter and then they'd get mad."

The others suddenly got quiet as Jesse side stepped the question. "Well, we'll get to all that in a bit. For now, why don't we go get a glass of Ice Tea and lunch is on the table. Daisy why don't you go wake Dixie." Jesse said holding the door for everyone.

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NARRATOR: "Now, Cooter and Luther had both been busy at the garage. Neither had checked on Dixie who was supposed to be in her room before they left for the garage so they weren't aware of Dixie being at the Duke farm. With Luke not being around, they were actually covered up with wrecker calls and repair jobs. Even they had not seen the State van pick up Luke and Mark."

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At the jail Peggy, was finishing up her paperwork and was looking forward to going home for some much needed rest. The only thing left to do before leaving was to call Jesse Duke. She checked the clock it was still too soon to call. She'd find something to do for at least another hour before she called Jesse, to give the transportation crew enough time to be way ahead of anyone.

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"Dixie." said Daisy gently.

Dixie woke up easily even though she hadn't been asleep long.

"Your Mother is here." Daisy then continued, "Uncle Jesse has avoided her question about where Luke is to give you time to explain everything at your own time." Daisy explained.

Dixie let out a deep sigh. "Whew. I'm glad he did that. It could have been bad for her to find out about Luke first without giving me time to even explain that we had realized we cared for each other."

Daisy nodded to her hand, "Well, you better talk quick. I'm sure it won't take your Mother or the guys long to spot that."

Dixie looked at the ring on her hand and smiled, "You are right about that. I'll just have to not let them see it right away."

Daisy had taken a wet wash cloth with her for Dixie. "Here, let's wipe your eyes before going out there."

With Dixie's hair combed and face washed she was ready to face the others. She thought, 'Well, as ready as I'll ever be!'

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Dixie took her seat at the table. Blessings were said by Jesse. Dixie poured a glass of tea while the others filled their plates of sandwich goodies and chips. She reached for a couple of chips to put in her plate. As the other ate she nibbled on a chip.

Bo said, "Come on Dixie that can't be all you're eating." this was followed by and "Ouch!" as he had been kicked under the table by both Daisy and Jesse!

Dixie knew the rules of the Duke house well -- 'You were welcome to anything they had to eat but don't put it on your plate if you weren't going to eat it. Wasting food is a sin.' She said, "For right now, yes, I think chips will do just fine."

The other two kicks to Bo's leg were enough to keep his mouth shout for now too!

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After lunch Dixie and Carolyn headed toward the front porch. The younger Dukes headed off to complete their chores before dinner. Jesse said, "I'm right here if you need me Dixie."

Dixie nodded her thanks.

Carolyn Davenport looked to Jesse with concern.

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Carolyn Davenport knew the Dukes well enough to recognize that the Dukes were giving her and her daughter some space. She was also sure they knew about whatever was going on with Dixie. She took a drink of Jesse's famous Ice Tea then said sweetly, "Now, Honey what in the world is going on?"

The last several days had been pure he-- for the sixteen year old. She needed for her Mother to understand but wasn't at all certain that she would. Looking into her Mom's eyes she tried to form the words she needed to say in just the right way so that her Mother may side with her and Luke. "Mom? How old were you when you started dating?"

Her Mother looked at her knowingly. She figured that Dixie and Luther had gotten into it over her wanting to date. 'He could be so unreasonable.' she thought. But for Dixie to call her all the way to Hazzard there HAD to be more. She'd play along to find out what was going on, "You know, your Father is the only boy your Grandfather, my Dad, would let me go out with?"

Dixie nodded 'yes'.

"Well, times were different back then. More importance was placed on being a good housekeeper and cook than finishing school. People started families much sooner then." Carolyn had always put school high on Dixie's list of things that she needed to do well in.

"Mom, I know how important it is for me to do well and finish school. You are dodging my question." stated Dixie.

Carolyn smiled. Her daughter had always had a good head on her shoulders and was very straight forward. "Ok, I was 15 the first time your Dad took me to the movies."

This was about what Dixie had figured though the subject had been dodged by her Mother. "How long did you date?"

"Look, whatever happened with your Father and me happened. It obviously wasn't right or we'd be together." Carolyn insisted.

Dixie wouldn't let this rest now. "Mooommmm! You two may have separated because you didn't like him working on 'moonrunners' but you both love each other or you would have divorced by NOW!" Before Carolyn had a chance to regain her thoughts to argue with her daughter, Dixie continued. "I know you were JUST 18 when Cooter was born ... so you couldn't have dated long..."

Seeing Dixie was about to box her into answering she figured the truth was less damaging at this point than any conclusion Dixie may draw. "We were married when I was 17. Your Father was 19. Cooter was born eleven months AFTER we were married."

"Ok, so in about a year, year and a half you two knew you loved each other, were married, and started a family." Dixie stated.

"Yes. I still ... " she was silenced by Dixie's finger held to her lips.

"Ok, I've been here over a year now. There is this guy that has been around Cooter and the garage for years, so Luther knows him well. He drove the wrecker some and helped out at the garage. With me being around the garage since I've been here, it was only natural that we got to know each other. I was even allowed to ride the wreck on calls and to pick up parts with the guy..."

It was Carolyn's turn to interrupt. "So, who is this 'guy'?"

Dixie said, "Hear me out?" she paused. Her Mother remained silent to here all Dixie's story.

"Anyway, we talked. Sometimes about cars, sometimes about school, sometimes about nothing. Then, there was the day a guy asked me out. Luther let me go. Neither him or Cooter know this, but the other guy was driving the wrecker that night. I had been given the 'put out or get out' routine, so I had gotten out of his car in the rain and was walking home, when the wrecker pulled up. I was given a warm jacket, taken home and made to take a hot shower while he gathered me dry clothes, put them by the bathroom door and made hot chocolate. He was afraid the other guy would come to the house before Luther or Cooter got home so he stayed, watching TV until it was about time for them to come home. Nothing out of the way happened and I found out later that he had voiced his objections to Luther about him letting me go out with that creep. There was a fight at the Boar's Nest awhile later between the two guys over the incident with me. I felt really bad that I had been the cause of the guy who drove the wrecker going to jail." Dixie paused to see her Mother's reaction.

It was clear she wasn't happy about Dixie apparently caring for someone who had went to jail, even if it was because of her.

When the look passed, Dixie continued, only slightly more unsure of herself now. "Just to be friendly and because I felt bad I had written him a couple of letters while he was in jail. I was at his house when he returned from the jail. I was telling him about how bad I felt because of what had happened. He told me it wasn't MY fault it was the creeps fault for acting like that. ... Well, during this, ... we found ourselves, ... looking into each other's eyes, ... the next thing I knew we were kissing. This had been my very first kiss. A short while later, I had my birthday, which everyone made such a big deal about. He got the idea that I was 18 not 16. We were going home one night from the Boar's Nest. Luther had let him drive me home. He suggested a drive around the lake..."

"He ran out of gas?" Carolyn said sarcastically.

"No!" Dixie exclaimed. She felt the tears building behind her eyes but was determined not to cry as her face turned beet red, "But, ... well, ... ah, ... we did ah, ... end up in the back seat..."

Carolyn was trying to be patient and not judgmental because she had a feeling that Dixie would shut her out just like she had her Father.

Dixie looked her Mother straight in the eye. "Yes, we did. Neither of us would have if we weren't sure that we LOVE each other." she let that sink in, then continued, "The problem is that, that's about the time the State Police showed up. They, nor Luther took it real well, after we were ID'd and it was learned that I was 16 and he is, ... ah, ... um, ... twenty."

Carolyn recognized now, she thought, why she was called, but asked again, something that was bothering her, "Who is this 'guy'?"

Dixie looked her Mother in the eye once again and said, "Luke Duke ... and we love each other."

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