"Uncle Jesse?" Both Jesse and Daisy stared at the door as Enos came in. The deputy took off his hat and closed the door.

"Well, hello, Enos." Jesse said. Daisy waved.

"Uh, Uncle Jesse, I'm here to find Bo an' Luke, Sheriff Rosco's done ordered me t' 'rrest 'em. Seem they done robbed the Hazzard Hotel. They wouldn't be here, would they?"

"Nope, sorry Enos, they ain'."

"Y'all don't know where they'd be?"

"Enos, sit down." Jesse ordered. Enos gently sat at the foot of Daisy's bed.

"Yes sir?"

"Enos, do you think my boys would rob Johnny at the hotel?"

"No I don't sir," Enos, began, shaking his head, " But we got witnesses, Sheriff Rosco said that Luke got in the General Lee an' done peeled off from the hotel after some man who ran in the bushed 'hind the courthouse. An' Sheriff Rosco done caught Bo and Luke behind the courthouse."

"So you got one witness. But do you seriously, genuinely think that Bo and Luke would rob the Hazzard Hotel when Daisy's in the hospital?"

"No sir, they wouldn't rob it nohow."

Dais watched her uncle work his magic with Enos. Uncle Jesse was a master of the shuck' n' jive; there were only two people in Hazzard who couldn't be persuaded- Boss and Rosco.

"Now Enos, why don'cha read this." He handed Enos Daisy's account of what had happened.

Enos's eyebrows rose as he read. When he finished. he put the paper down and gently took Daisy's bandaged hand.

"M' sorry Daisy." He whispered. She smiled at him and gave his hand a squeeze.

Had nothing to do with you, Enos.

"Could've stayed longer."

You'd be in the bed next door. Besides, you had your job to do.

"Enos." Enos turned to Uncle Jesse. "Luke said that he saw a man run out of the Hazzard Hotel this mornin, in a brown an' red flannel jacket and a mask."

"That's what Johnny said the feller who came in was wearin'.

And one of the two guys who came after me was wearing a brown and red flannel jacket, Daisy added.

Eno's eyes grew wide.

"Really?"

Daisy nodded.

"So my boys were framed." Uncle Jesse began. "You gonna go after Bo an' Luke or them two who robbed the hotel?"

Enos' s eyes met Daisy's.

"I'll get that feller for y'all, Daisy. Promise."

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"Whooooooo-eeeeeee!" Cooter yelled as he, Bo, and Luke entered the Boar's nest. "Looks like a tornado came in through here."

"Whoever then to feller were, thy sure didn't want to leave anything standin'." Luke said. He and Bo had caught a ride from Tri- County to the Boar's Nest from Cooter.

"What d' ya wanna look for, Luke?" Bo asked.

"Anything them fellers might a dropped." Bo and Cooter nodded, and the trio began to investigate. Luke checked one corner and found nothing.

"Hey Luke?" Luke turned to Bo, who was pointing at an overturned table, one of the piles had been tossed around. Luke walked over and stared.

"That's probably where Enos found Daisy." Bo nodded, and picked up a tablecloth.

One corner was stained with blood.

Bo stared then threw it in the corner, clenching his fists. Daisy had done nothing wrong. He willed himself to calm down, and continued to search He moved another chair and found a beer-stained scrap of paper. He opened it up, only to realize it had been ripped.

Big payof

Boar's N

No one ge

Bos

"Luke?" Bo called him over.

Luke read the note, and shook his head.

"That's Boss' writing."

"You think he had something to do with it?"

Luke sighed. "Looks that way."

Cooter lifted up another table by the door to Boss's office.

A key was on the floor.

"Bingo…" He told himself. He picked it up, and tried it in Boss' office door.

It opened.

"Yo, Luke! Bo! Figure we might find somethin' in here?"

"Thinks so Coot. Here, take a look." He handed Cooter the note. Cooter stared at it.

"Looks to me like this just wasn't any fight."

The three men entered Boss's office, which was as neat as could be compared to the destruction in the Boar's Nest.

"What we lookin' for?"

"Well, the note said something about pay, like a payoff. We gotta find Boss's ledger."

Bo and Cooter nodded. Luke helped Bo try to find Boss' ledger while Cooter went through the papers on Boss's desk. He turned one over, and found it to be very- official- looking. He scanned the top of it.

STATE OF GEORIGA INSURANCE

"Hey y'all. I think I just found the payoff we was lookin' for."

Luke took the paper from him.

"Oh, Lord."

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Ok, ok, will do more after Labor Day… Take care y'all!

Wildthing