Luke and Cooter had agreed to meet up the next day to begin putting Luke's plan into action. Luke had stayed with Bo again that night and told him what he and Cooter were planning to do to get Chuck and Charlie in jail.
"Luke that is the most stupidest thing I ever heard of!" Bo shouted after Luke finished explaining.
"Bo calm down 'fore you make yerself have an asthma attack." Luke said.
"Why the heck should I calm down? If you go out there and use yerself as bait to get them guys to come outta hiding, you'll only make a nice target for them if they have guns." Bo shouted more from fear for his cousin and mechanic friend then from anger.
"Bo, we're not gonna get shot. We'll get them guys and no one will get hurt, with the exception of the bad guys." Luke said.
"But Luke, what if you get…." Bo said his voice trailing off.
"Bo, I'm not gonna get killed. I promise you." Luke said somehow knowing exactly what Bo was thinking. When Luke didn't get an answer, he spoke again.
"Bo, remember when I made that promise to you when I was over seas at war?" Luke asked. Bo nodded his head remembering clearly what Luke had promised him.
"Good, cause I aim to keep that same promise to come back, alive." Luke said hoping he was finally getting somewhere.
"I want to help." Bo said surprising Luke.
"Bo, you can't. Yer sick right now." Luke said.
"I don't care. Even if I had the plague I'd still want to help." Bo argued.
"Bo, the answer is no and that's final." Luke said in a firm voice.
"You ain't my boss. I'm helping and that's final."
"No yer not. Your sick and you'd just get in the way!" Luke said harshly. Luke immediately regretted what he'd said and the tone in which he'd said it, when he saw the hurt look in Bo's eyes.
"Bo, I'm sorry. You know I didn't mean it."
"Sure you didn't." Bo said turning his attention to the nearest wall.
"Bo, please. I'm just worried about you, and I let my temper get the best of me. I just don't want to see you get hurt anymore."
"Go away." Bo said flatly.
"But Bo-"
"Go away!" Bo shouted cutting off Luke. Sighing, Luke got the hint that Bo didn't want his company at the moment.
"Alright, I'll go for now. I'll let you know how things go." Luke said a he slowly walked towards the door. Turning around, Luke took one last look at his cousin before he left. Bo had laid back down, but instead of facing the door, his back was to Luke. Sighing, Luke left the room feeling lower then a snake's belly in a tire rut.
Luke met up with Cooter right on time. Cooter immediately noticed the distant look in his friend's eyes.
"Is something wrong?" Cooter asked.
"It's Bo." Luke said.
"What about him? Is something wrong?" Cooter asked concerned.
"I kinda said something that really upset him; he won't even talk to me right now."
"What did you say?"
"Well, he wanted to help us catch them guys, but I told him he couldn't 'cause he's sick. We argued about it for a couple of minutes, and then I got stupid and told him he'd just get in our way." Luke said clearly upset. Cooter wasn't sure of what to say to help his friend, so he just put a reassuring hand on Luke's shoulder.
"C'mon, we should get going 'fore them guys decide to start moving again." Cooter said.
"Yeah, yer right." Luke said as the duo headed to the General Lee. "I hope you got directions to get there." Luke said.
"Yeah, I got them before I met up with you." Cooter said pulling out a piece of paper with scribbles on it. Taking the paper from Cooter, Luke carefully scanned over it getting a good idea of which ways to go to reach their destination. Once Luke was ready, the duo headed south towards Fredericktown.
Back in Bo's room, Jesse and Daisy just arrived, not having the slightest clue as to what had happened earlier between Bo and Luke. When they arrived, they had thought Bo was asleep, that is until they heard the familiar sound of someone sobbing. Walking towards Bo's bed, they saw that he was crying.
"Bo honey, what's the matter?" Daisy asked as she put a hand on Bo's shoulder. Bo didn't even acknowledge his uncle and cousin's presence.
"Bo?" Jesse said concerned.
"What…?" Bo said quietly.
"What's the matter?" Jesse asked.
"Luke's the matter." Bo said between sobs and hiccups.
"What did he do?"
"I don't wanna talk about it…" Bo said never looking at his uncle.
"Alright, if you change yer mind, me 'n Daisy will be here." Jesse said as he sat down in a chair close to Bo's bed. No more was said between the three Dukes the rest of that day.
Meanwhile in the General, Luke and Cooter were also being silent.
"How long should it take to get there?" Luke asked breaking the silence.
"About an hour or so." Cooter replied. Luke just nodded his head and continued to drive down the highway. No more was said after that, both the mechanic and oldest Duke Boy being lost in their own thoughts. Cooter thinking of a way to get them bad guys behind bars for good, and Luke thinking of a way to get Bo to listen to him so he apologize.
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