I couldn't believe it Madison Grace Duke, Jeb Stuart Duke's little sister.
"Gracie," I said hugging her.
"Uh sir do I know you," she said
"Don't you remember your cousin Luke," I said taking off my hat.
"How do I know you're really Luke," she asked hands on her hips
"Oh remember when you where 12 and I was 16 we skipped school and went hiking in the woods. I slipped on a log and got my foot caught in a bear trap and while the others went to get help you stayed with me and talked me through until help came."
"Luke Duke I'll be a son of a gun it's you," she said hugging me really tight.
"Okay this is doing wonders for my lungs," I said until she finally let go.
"Sorry."
"Where have you been I ain't seen you since high school?"
"In Mississippi."
"Why?"
"I just wanted to get out of Hazzard and start a life somewhere else."
"Well this is the last place I thought I'd see you. Mind if I ask why someone like you joined the marines in her 40s?"
"9-11 is why Luke. My husband and son where on that plane when it happened and I didn't want something like that to happen to someone like me."
At those words I grabbed her I in a hug and let her cry on my chest. I never thought that something like that happened and to my cousin.
"Come on we better get you down there before Sullivan gets mad," I said putting my arms around her shoulders.