Luke's back in town.
while waiting for luke to vist Jojo and Annie browered an old race car from Cooter, each taking it in turns to race on a course they had set out and time themselfs.
they were'nt doing to bad either untill sherif Enos caught them.
Cooters race car now sat in the impound yard and Annie and Jojo once again sat on the step like kids again waiting for luke to come home.
On hearing the car drive down the path they all ran out to greet Luke.
It was Daisy that got to him first, lunging at her eldest cousin as soon as he emerged from the car.
'How's my favourite girl cousin', he asked hugging her tightly.
'I'm just fine' she replied letting go, 'but look at you, this just won't do'.
'What?'
'You're all skin and bones, how do you expect to get a girl looking like this, they'd be frightened to break you'.
'Hey! I happen to enjoy my bachelor life' he told her turning to the man next to him he said, 'hey Jackson, tell your wife here to stop nagging me'.
'Oh come on Luke you know that's not possible', Jackson said coming over and shaking Luke's hand in greeting.
Putting Daisy down, he greeted the rest of his family.
'Hey Jojo' Luke said, 'staying out of trouble?'
'Of course not' he replied giving Luke a hug.
'And who is this pretty little thing?' He asked grapping Annie in a hug
'Just me Luke, little Annie Raye'
'Yeah except your not so little anymore, looking all pretty, well all expect that spot of oil on your neck'. Luke said wiping of the grease.
He put Annie back down and walked over to the white haired man in the red hat.
'How you doing Uncle Jessie?' Luke asked to his uncle who had hung back at the crowd.
'Can't complain, glad you came Luke, you know you work to hard, we don't hardly see you any more'. He said leading him into the house.
'Yeah, I know but it looks like I chose the right time to come visiting, with the Hazzard derby in a few weeks'.
'We got plenty of time to talk that and everything else, now let's get inside'.
After a meal of Jessie famous crawdad brisk followed by a couple of slices of daisy's famous peach pie, they sat around the table reminiscing.
'And he went straight into the pond lights flashing and sirens still wailing.' Luke told them, smiling at the memory of it.
'Is that why you never see any ducks in that pond? Asked Annie.
'Probably' replied Uncle Jessie, 'those ducks got some sense not to come back after winter'.
'So where's the general now? Jojo asked, 'did you guys sell it'
'No we would never get rid of that car, became like a member of the family'
Luke told him leaning back in his chair and thinking.
'Well the 10th Hazzard derby was the last race I drove in, I joined the smoke jumpers a few weeks latter. I assumed that Bo had taken it when the two of you went to the NASCAR circuit' he said nodding to Annie.
'No Cooter drove us to the bus stop and dad brought the Lieutenant when we got there from an old friend of his,' she told him.
'So what happened too the car? Asked Jackson.
'I don't know' Luke replied shrugging his shoulders
'Don't you remember what happened after the race? Daisy asked.
Luke shook his head.
'Well I suppose you did celebrate a lot that night' daisy said 'after you and Bo won, boss was convinced that you guys had put something in the general's engine to make him run faster. He was all for striping down the general to prove his point'.
'He always such a soar loser' piped in Uncle Jessie.
'I remember' said Luke 'said we should give back the prize money if we didn't give up the general'.
'Why did you just give back the prize money and save the general?
'I was counting on that money to keep me going as I trained' Luke told him 'and Bo used money to get to circuit.'
'So you hid it? Asked Annie,
'Boss and Roscoe would have striped that car down piece by piece to try and find something wrong with it'. He leaned back in his chair 'you know it must still hidden be in the barn'.
Jojo and Annie nodded discretely to each other.
You know viewers I think were going to see a treasure hunt tonight.
sorry about the long wait, should'nt as long a wait for the next chapter