Swamp Molly Chapter 4

Luke banged open the door to Bo's room and rushed in.

Everyone looked up and gave Luke a quizzical look as he ran over to his cousin and gripped him in a giant bear hug.

Bo gave look a smile and gasped out, "Uh cousin, Bo can't breathe."

Luke let Bo go, who then in turn gulped in a big lung full of air.

"I thought you were..."Luke began, but Bo held up a hand.

"I know Luke. Uncle Jesse told me what had happened. Sorry fer what you had'ta go through." Bo replied sheepishly.

"You have nothin' ta be sorry fer cousin!" Luke said.

Bo just smiled slightly and nodded his head.

"When can he go home?" Luke asked, looking at Jesse.

"Accordin to the doctor, Bo can come home within the hour." Jesse replied.

Luke smiled and let loose a loud 'YEEHAW' that shook the windows of the room.

Bo looked up at Luke in shock for a second before he said, "Luke, isn't that my line?"

Everyone in the room let loose with a fit of laughter at that remark.

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True to the doctor's word, within two hours Bo Duke was sitting in a chair at the Duke Farm with Cousin Alice sitting on the arm rest of the chair.

Daisy was also there, as was Luke as Uncle Jesse told Swamp Molly about what had happened.

Once the story was complete she laughed and laughed.

After she quieted down, Jesse got on to her about not playing fair, but she just brushed it off by telling Jesse she'd whip up a batch of Crawdad bisque.

After several seconds Cousin Alice said she'd make some pecan cookies just for Bo.

At hearing that, Bo got a little frown on his face as Cousin Alice entered the kitchen, followed by Daisy.

"I hate pecan cookies." Bo stated as Jesse walked over to them and brought up the subject of the destroyed outhouse.

"What about the outhouse?"

"After what we've been through!" Luke asked, shocked that Uncle Jesse would still want that old thing!

"Uncle Jesse, I think I did us all a big favor. We never use that thing cept' fer target practice." Bo said as he sat forward a little.

Uncle Jesse then gave a long spiel about how it was a family heritage thing and that they should start preserving it.

He gave two good points as to why they should start work on the new outhouse.

"Is there a C?" Bo asked, slightly afraid that there was.

"C's I got a feelin' that we're supposed to start preservin." Luke replied as he and Bo stood up and trudged out of doors.

Uncle Jesse followed and gave them instructions to build a bigger one.

Luke rolled his eyes and handed Bo a hammer from the shed.

Bo took the hammer and nearly dropped it as his shoulder throbbed with pain.

"You alright?" Luke asked, seeing Bo's reaction.

"Cuz', if you were in a car crash, jus' released from a hospital and then expected ta build an outhouse, how would you feel?" Bo asked.

Luke chuckled as he replied, "Probably jus' as bad as you."

Bo gave a small half smile as he and Luke trudged over to grab some wood, while inside the house, Jesse was watching them and laughing his heart out.

The look on his nephew's faces had been priceless, and the fact that even though they were tired, but were still willing to work really touched his heart in a big way.

Taking a sniff, Jesse caught a wiff of Molly's bisque, which smelled just like he remembered it.

Yep, life in Hazzard County was alright, now that the Duke family was back together.

The truck with the guns was lost in the quicksand, and even though Bo had been slightly hurt in the crash it wasn't that serious that he had to stay, and for that Jesse was very glad.

Turning, Jesse sat down in Luke's vacated chair, grabbed his book and began to read.

THE END