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Jayme: Yep. So do I.

HazzardHusker: Yep. I hear ya. Keep readin' and see. Yep. Sorry this isn't soon enough.

Bo-duke-2009: Thanks. Good, I'm doin' my job. Keep readin' and see. Sorry this isn't soon enough.

Kippling Croft: Maybe. You're right.

Elenhin: Very true. Need anything else? Well, just keep readin'. Yep, pretty much. Oh, I see. You too.

Anakin's Girl 4eva: Well, keep readin' and see. Sorry this isn't soon enough.

DISCLAIMER

First off, I wanna apologize for takin' so long to update. First I was busy with VBS, and then I was sick as a dog and it took me a long time recover. DOH belongs to Warner Bros. I only own Carly and Melinda.

A few minutes later, the group decided to go back to the Duke farm. They had lost the appeal to stay out. As Daisy headed out, Enos approached her.

"Oh, hey, Enos. Listen, I'd love to talk, but I'm on my way home," Daisy stated apologetically.

"Oh, I know," Enos responded. "Listen Daisy, whatever's goin' on with ya'll, I'm available to help," he offered.

"Oh thanks, Sugar. Somethin' tells me we're gonna need it later," Daisy said with a smile. She began to leave, but Enos grabbed her arm.

"Daisy, I know this is a bad time and all, but ya think we can maybe get together sometime?" he asked.

"Sure, Enos. I'd like that," she answered. Then, excusing herself, she left. Minutes later, she was back on the farm with the others. They had all met in the back, sitting at the table.

"Hey, whatta ya know? Just like the old days," Cooter recalled.

"'Cept it ain't like the old days, Cooter. This ain't like comin' up a counterplan to one of Boss Hogg's frames. This is serious business," Bo snapped.

"Bo, why don't you just calm down a spell and tell us what happened?" Jesse calmly suggested. Bo drummed his fingers on the table and averted his gaze. Then, he blew out a breath.

"Well, I had been racin' for a spell and I had attracted a lotta fans," he told them.

"So far so good," Luke commented.

"Yeah, well, I soon noticed that I was gettin' a lotta stuff from one gal in paticular, who was also showin' up constantly. I got a mite concerned and told my manager, who promised to take care of it. Kerry---my manager---started screening the stuff and ultimately began sendin' it back," Bo continued. He sighed. "Needless to say, that didn't make her happy. She broke into my trailer---completely destroyed it. Hired someone to try and mess with the General---all sorts of crazy things," he stated.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Someone tried to hurt the General?" Luke asked.

"Relax. It didn't work," Bo assured him.

"What about those marks? How'd those happen?" Jesse questioned gently.

"After the attack on the General, Kerry hired a smokey to be a bodyguard---it was Carly," Bo answered with a soft smile. "A few weeks went by---things were relatively quiet. There were some attacks, but nothin' major. Then---" Bo's voice trailed off and he averted his gaze as he let out a pained grunt at the memory.

"What happened?" Jesse prompted quietly.

"I got blindsided and captured. She held me for two weeks. While I was there, she, uh---she got crazier and crazier." As he talked, Bo's mind drifted back. Bo was sitting in a kitchen, tied to a chair.

"I'm your most loyal fan. I send letters of encouragement, I come to all your races, and you still can't see fit to keep my gifts or answer my letters?" Melinda asked furiously.

"You're...crazy," Bo moaned. She reared back a hand and slapped him.

"'Crazy'? You call falling in love 'crazy?" she demanded.

"How can you say you've fallen in love with me? You don't even know me," Bo reminded her.

"I know you well enough. And believe me, we're made for each other," Melinda responded.

"You're crazy. You just are," Bo declared. He was struck again. Then, she stomped to the kitchen where she turned on the water full blast. Then, she quickly untied him. Bo tried to stand, but the circulation in his body was gone. Melinda grabbed him and shoved him towards the sink.

"No, no, no. Not again," Bo said in fear. However, her insistance gave him no choice. He stumbled and steadied himself against the sink. Then, she pushed him and his upper body fell into the water. He cried out in pain as the scalding water touched his skin. When Bo was finished, Daisy's hand was over her mouth.

"My word," she breathed.

"Bo. Man, I don't know what to say," Luke sighed.

"And now she's escaped. And if she comes here, there ain't no tellin' what she'll do," Bo worried.

"Bo, I won't let her anywhere near you. You know that," Carly assured.

"Yeah, but what---" Bo began to ask.

"Son, don't borrow trouble," Jesse interrupted.

"Yes, Sir," Bo acknowledged. Then, "All right, Darlin'. I'm puttin' my life into your hands."

"And isn't that the best place for it?" Carly quipped with a Chesire Cat grin.