"Well Enos, I gotta roll, just needed to wet my whistle." Ray announced. He got up and patted the deputy on the shoulder. "When Goldie's up on her feet again, bring her over to see Suzy. I bet they'd hit it off real good."

"I sure will Ray." Enos replied as Ray exited, leaving Daisy and Enos as the only occupants of the Boars nest.

"Knock it off, girl, it's not like he belongs to you." Daisy tried to convince herself. She then smiled and opened the door to go back out to Enos. "Almost forgot your milk." She said, handing him a tall glass of moo.

"Thank you Daisy." Enos replied, taking a sip. "I sure have missed your sandwiches."

"Is that all you've missed?" Daisy asked, leaning toward him in a suggestive way.

"Of course not." Enos replied, bringing on a feeling of happiness to Daisy.

"I missed my patrol car, too. You get used to your car and it's kinda hard to adjust to a new one, you know?"

"Oh, I guess so." Daisy replied with some disappointment. "So Enos, I hope you wasn't too lonely down there, I mean being away from all your friends and everything."

"Oh all us guys down there, we bonded pretty quick. And then, there was Goldie." Enos sighed and looked up smiling. "I guess you overheard me telling Ray about her, didn't you?"

"Oh, yeah." Daisy replied, trying her best to sound casual in her response.

"Daisy, we were inseparable. I don't know why she took to me so but the moment she laid eyes on me, she wanted to be around me all the time. I have to admit I felt the same way about her, too."

"Well, that's good, Enos." Daisy commented as she wiped down the counter. "So, she's staying over at your place?"

"Now Daisy, I don't want you going around telling that to just anybody. If word of that got back down to the academy in Atlanta, some of those guys might not be too understanding."

"Well what about the people around here, Enos? What do you think they would say?"

Enos looked up at her as he took his last bite of sandwich. "I really don't care what people around here think, Daisy."

Daisy looked shocked. "Well that don't sound like you, Enos."

Enos had picked up his milk and was drinking as she spoke. He downed the last of it and wiped his mouth with a napkin. "Well that was delicious, Daisy. Makes me glad to be home." He stood and took enough money from his wallet to pay for the food and to leave a small tip before heading for the door.

"What's the hurry, Enos?"

"Lunch hour's almost up, Daisy. I gotta get back on patrol."

"Well wait a minute." Daisy began, surprising even herself that she was trying to find a way to spend time with Enos. "Why don't you come over for supper tonight? Uncle Jesse's cookin' up his chicken gumbo."

"Well that sounds real nice but after leavin' Goldie at home by herself all day, it wouldn't be fair of me to run off on her tonight too."

"Well that's no problem, bring her along." Daisy suggested.

Enos grinned and almost laughed. "Well I would, but I just don't think Goldie is the type that would enjoy chicken gumbo. We'll do it some other time."

"But Enos…."

"Bye Daisy." With that, Enos walked out and got into his car.

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Later that evening, Daisy returned home carrying a small bag.

"Hey there, Daisy."

"Evenin' Uncle Jesse." She replied, sniffing over the pot that Jesse was stirring. "That sure does smell good."

Jesse nodded. "Wonder where in tarnation them boys are? Didn't they come behind you after they dropped you at Cooter's to pick up your jeep?"

"Well I told them that I had to run to the store before coming home, and to go on without me. I thought they would have been here by now."

About that time, Bo and Luke rolled up in the General Lee. After a moment, they came into the house.

"Hey fellas, what happened to you?" Daisy asked.

"Enos's set up just outside of town. He chased us around for awhile, but we finally lost him."

"Yeah." Bo laughed. "In the Hazzard County car wash!"

"He wasn't hurt, was he?" Daisy asked with genuine concern.

Luke looked at her and grinned a bit. "We always stop and check on him when he ends up in the drink, you know that, Daisy."

"Well, maybe I should go out there and check on him, you never know." Daisy suggested.

"I wouldn't worry about that, I'm sure Cooter's pulled the car out and dropped him at home by now."

"But still, I should check on him. You remember last time that happened. He had that real bad scratch on his arm and it ended up getting all infected because he didn't go to the doctor."

"Daisy, if you end up going over there, Enos is liable to give you a ticket to send to us!" Bo argued.

"Boys." Jesse began. "Let yer cousin alone. If she's worried enough about Enos that she wants to go pay him a visit, then I can't think of no reason why she shouldn't."

"Thank you, Uncle Jesse." Daisy kissed her Uncle and headed out to the jeep.

"Well Howdy Daisy." Enos said later, opening the door to his house. "What brings you out here?"

"Hey Enos. Bo n Luke said you'd run off in the pond. Thought I would come out to check on you, make sure you're okay."

"Oh, I'm fine Daisy, just fine, not a scratch on me." Enos replied standing with the door against him.

"Now that's what you said last time, Enos, and you had a bad scratch on you. Better let me in so I can see for myself."

"Now now, Daisy." Enos began, still blocking the entry. "That's mighty nice of you but I can't let you in. You see, Goldie's in here and I'm afraid she got sick today. Right now the place ain't fit for anybody to come into."

"Well maybe I can help, Enos. I can make a mean chicken soup."

Enos almost laughed again. "I don't think chicken soup'll do Goldie any good. Now please go on. Like I said, the house is a mess and I ain't inviting nobody in."

"But…."

"Bye Daisy." Enos said, closing the door.

Now that's the second time today that boy's gave Daisy the cold shoulder. If he of all people is treating her that way, Goldie must be some knockout.