Around 4 am a Doctor approached Luke; who was sleeping on a chair.
"I see you two are back." Luke opened his eyes and saw the Doctor they had issues with, when they were at the hospital the first time. "Does trouble find you two, or do you seek it out?" Not wanting to start an argument, Luke didn't reply.
"Your brother is in recovery. When he wakes, he'll be re-evaluated. If everything checks out good, I'll release him into your care." The Doctor was about to turn around to leave, when Luke replied. "Thanks." Luke held out his hand but the Doctor made no attempt to move to shake it.
"Just doing my job." The Doctor walked to the door but stopped before he opened it. He turned around and approached Luke.
"That was very unprofessional of me. I apologize." He held out his hand and Luke shook it. "You're welcome, Luke." The Doctor once again turned to leave and walked to the door. Before he left the room he turned around and replied. "For what it's worth, I am sorry you two had nothing but trouble here." Luke nodded his response as he closed his eyes. A half an hour later, Luke made his way to the cafeteria and ordered a sandwich and a coffee. Several minutes later as he was eating, Horatio approached him.
"Luke." Luke looked up and saw Horatio. "How's Bo?"
"He's in recovery. The doctor we had problems with, said when Bo wakes up he'll re-evaluate him. Release him into my care."
"I guess you two will be staying a couple more days?"
"Reckon so."
"It appears that the man that Bo shot was a small-time bookie. He had two clients that owed several high markers. We checked both men out, one is in protective custody, in another county and the other is missing."
"Whata bet, he's dead?"
"If I was a betting man, I'd take that bet." Luke continued to eat his sandwich, when Horatio pulled up a chair.
"Want anything?" Luke asked as he took out some bills and laid them onto the table.
"I think I have time. Thank you." Horatio went to the counter and bought a sandwich and some chips. He rejoined Luke at the table. "So, are you two married?"
"No." Was all Luke said. Several minutes later, Luke asked. "If you don't mind me asking, how did your wife die?"
"She was murdered. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The man that shot her was aiming for a colleague of mine; out of revenge for an arrest we made." When Horatio saw the shocked look on Luke's face, he added. "It's okay Luke. You had no idea of knowing."
"I'm sorry." Horatio nodded.
"So, is there someone special back home?"
"Both of us are in a long-term relationship." Horatio nodded at Luke's response. They both finished their meal and made their way back to the waiting room. Before they got there, the Doctor saw them in the hall and approached them.
"Bo is awake and can leave at anytime. I just need you to sign this form." Luke looked at the form and signed it.
"Thank you." Luke told him.
"Your welcome. Take care. I hope your trip back to Georgia goes well." Luke nodded his response and made his way to Bo's room.
"Hey, Bo. Ready to go?" Bo looked at Luke with tired eyes, as he finished fixing his pants.
"Yeah."
"I'll help you with your shirt." Luke told him as he picked up Bo's shirt.
"Never mind about that, Luke." Bo told him as he saw the blood. Bo took the shirt from Luke and tossed it into the garbage.
"Ready to go, son?" Horatio asked.
"Yeah." They followed Bo out the door to the parking lot.
"It's the red pickup." Horatio told Bo. They all got into the truck and made their way back to Horatio's.
"Do you guys mind if I go lay down?"
"Not at all, son." While Bo went to lie down, Luke went to check on the horse.
"How's he doing?" Luke asked Dave, who was giving him some water.
"Seems to be doing fine." Dave turned to face Luke. "So why did you two leave NASCAR?"
"Both of us thought that's what we wanted to do. But when we reached our dream, we realized that we both missed the farm too much. When Bo got hurt before the Mobile race, we decided it was time to leave."
"How did he get hurt?"
"Got jumped in a parking lot. Sad thing is, he doesn't trust strangers anymore. Rarely goes places without me."
"Sorry, man."
"With what happened here. I don't know how he's going to handle it, once we get back home."
"That's tough. Is there someone he could talk to?"
"Don't want to. Hell, I don't know, maybe he'll be fine." Luke rubbed his hand threw his hair.
"You still race?"
"Bo doesn't drive anymore, so now I do all the driving. In Hazzard the officials consider both of us drivers because we would take turns driving. They also allow both of us in the car when we race."
"You any good?"
"I hold my own." Luke smiled and continued. "Haven't lost a race in 2 years."
"Cool." Dave looked at his watch, it read 6:30. "Listen, I got to get going. You two going to be here a couple more days?"
"Yeah, don't think Bo is ready to head back just yet."
"I'll see ya two later, then." Dave put out his hand and Luke shook it. After Luke got the horse situated he went into the house and laid down.
Several hours later, Bo was outside tending to his horse when Horatio approached him.
"I heard you raced in NASCAR." Horatio told Bo. Bo gave him a small smile.
"You heard right."
"Why did you leave?" Bo shrugged, as he continued to brush the horse.
"Wasn't fun anymore. Missed home too much, I reckon."
"Why don't you drive?" Bo stopped what he was doing and looked at Horatio.
"Three and a half years ago we were in a bad wreck. I was driving when we went down the ridge. Almost died, Luke too."
"Have you talked to someone about this?" Bo only shook his head no.
"Want to talk about it?"
"Nope."
"Fair enough."
Meanwhile in the house, Tom got a phone call.
"Got a body for you, Tom." Frank Tripp told him. "Was told that this may be connected to a case that Horatio is working on, involving a horse." Tom took down the location of where the body was located. He made his way outside and saw Horatio talking to Bo.
"Horatio!" Tom waved him over. "Frank has a body for me. Looks like it may be related to your case." Tom looked over towards Bo and added. "I'm not sure if I should leave. Luke seems fine but I'm worried about his brother."
"Tom, my cousin will be fine. I'll keep an eye on him." Both turned around and saw Luke standing behind them. "You caught one of the guys responsible for trying to kill us. We should be fine."
"I didn't mean anything by that." Tom replied.
"I know."
"He's your cousin?" Tom asked.
"Yep."
"Sorry, thought you two were brothers."
"It's alright, it happens all the time."
