"Hey there, welcome to Hazzard County. Have a seat and make yourself comfortable, and I'll tell you a story.  I say and motion to a nearby chair.
     "It all started about a month ago. Things were normal in Hazzard. Well as normal as they ever are in Hazzard. That is except for the cold spell. I don't remember what we were being chased for, but Boss Hogg had some trumped up charge against Luke and me . . .  I say.
I start to remember back as I tell you what happened next.
     "The weather was cold, even for early January. It had rained every day the last week. I don't really know if that had any effect on what was soon to happen but . . . I don't really know. We had cleared ourselves from another bad rap by Boss. Though in the process the General Lee had been almost totaled. Cooter was out of town visiting some kin so we were fixing up the General ourselves. It was about this time that things started to get strange. Everyone's tempers were short. Luke and I started arguing about how to fix the General. Uncle Jesse kept telling us to stop fighting, but we refused to listen to him. We should've listened to him . . . or at least listened sooner . . .  I say my voice trails off as I start to think about what happened next.  "Sorry.  I apologize as I realize I have been silent for a couple moments. "Then someone new came to Hazzard, Darien. Him and Luke became good friends right off. However I couldn't stand him. I didn't trust him one bit.  Luke and I didn't spend any time together over the next week. I voiced my distrust of Darien but everyone said I was just being an immature jerk. Luke's temper got even shorter and what few times we talked it always ended up in a fight.  I close my eyes and sigh. "I hate fighting with Luke.  I softly whisper to myself, just barely loud enough for you to hear. I open my eyes and look at you. "Perhaps we can talk again later, I have something I have to do. You can go out to the farm, Daisy or Uncle Jesse will be there, they can tell you more of the story.  I write the address down on a piece of paper and hand it to you. "Bye now.
     I sit at the kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee, though I am not really drinking it. I am sitting listening to the radio as I twirl a strand of my long brown hair around my finger, thinking about the events of the past weeks. On the radio is one of my most favourite songs, Disappear by "Blue Rodeo : "You closed your eyes, made a wish, you laughed and looked at me and said what are you still doing here.  I hear a knock at the door, so I get up and answer the door.
     "Oh, hello. Come in, have a seat.  I say, then pour you a cup of coffee. "Uncle Jesse is in town picking up a few supplies. So you talked to Bo.  I say as I try hard to hold back he tears that I feel swelling up in my eyes. "He told you about him and Luke fighting . . . and Darien. Yeah the boys got into some real bad fights. Mostly though it was just Luke getting mad. Bo tried to apologize but Luke wouldn't listen. They got into a real bad fight once . . . uncle Jesse wasn't here, I was. I didn't see the whole fight, I don't know what started it, Luke seemed to get mad for no reason. Oh sorry I am rambling, anyways it was a bad fight. Luke hit Bo in the stomach. I ran out telling them to stop fighting. I shouldn't have done that . . . Bo turned his attention towards me which gave Luke the opportunity to hit Bo in the stomach again. Bo dropped down to his knees then . . .  I say, my voice trails off, a couple tears slip down my cheeks. "Then Luke kicked him really hard in the ribs. Luke then just took off. Bo's ribs were really hurting so I took him to the doctor. Luke had broke two of Bo's ribs. I was so angry at Luke for that. However Bo wasn't even angry at Luke, he just shrugged it off  and said there must be some reason for Luke's behavior. Bo trusts Luke so very much. Then what happened next was . . .  I start to cry.
     "I'm sorry I can't tell you anymore, I . . . I am too tired, I need to get some sleep. Perhaps you can go talk to Luke, I think you can find him out around still site number four, at least he was there earlier.  I write the address down for you. "Bye.
     I am sitting quietly watching the clouds billow past over head. I hear someone approaching, and look over towards where I hear the sound of crunching leaves.
     "Oh, hey there.  I say as I see you walk into the clearing. "Have a seat. So you talked to Daisy and Bo, about what happened. Daisy told you about one of Bo and mine's fights. I regret that, I didn't mean to do it. I didn't mean to do any of what I did.  I say.   "I would never really mean to hurt Bo, he's like a brother to me.  I softly whisper. "It was all Darien's fault. Yeah I know you think I am just trying to pass the blame but it is true. You can ask Bo he knows it was Darien's fault, he knew Darien was no good from the first moment he met him. I should've listened to Bo. I don't know what the deal with Darien was really, but somehow he was controlling my mind. I know that sounds absurd but this is Hazzard, anything can happen. I did get out of his hold on my mind but I was a little late in doing it. I wish I could change what happened, I really do. I don't know how Bo can forgive me for what I did. He says he ain't mad at me and that he understand why I did what I did.. He is a good person in that, he says that he knows I'd do the same thing if the situation was reversed. He is right about that. Me and him have always been more like brothers than cousins. Sorry to ramble, guess I am just trying to avoid talking about what happened shortly after that fight Daisy told you about.  I say, I glance up again at the clouds then back down at you.
      "I was out hunting with Darien, we were out around Sunset Pond. Bo came along. Darien hated Bo, I think more then Bo hated him. I don't know, but Darien expresses his hate in a different way. A lot more violent way. I don't know what happened, really, it all happened so quickly. They started arguing then . . .  My voice trails off as I think about what occurred next.
     "Darien attacked Bo. He had a dagger or something and he stabbed Bo in the stomach . . . Bo dropped to the ground. That is when I got out of Darien's hold, I realized what happened and how wrong I had been. I rushed over to Bo. He was still alive, but was quite weak. He couldn't even keep his eyes open. I took off my jacket and applied pressure to the wound. I pleaded to Bo to stay awake. I told him that he couldn't die. Then I looked up at Darien and threatened him; "You'll pay for this. I'll be sure to see to it. I'll make you suffer for Bo's pain, and if he dies you'll die.  I carefully picked Bo up and carried him to the General and took him to the hospital. Bo had lost a lot of blood. The hospital didn't have his blood type on hand, Type O-, but I have the same blood type as Bo so I gave some of mine. Uncle Jesse and Daisy came to the hospital and for some reason they blamed me for what happened. I tried to explain to them what happened but they wouldn't listen. I couldn't stand to be there listening to their accusations while Bo was in the operating room fighting for his life and the person responsible was out running free. I decided to go out and find Darien. I didn't really know where to go to look for him, I just sped around the back roads of Hazzard. Finally I found him, out by the old stone quarry. I started yelling at him, he seemed to remain so calm. I lost my temper when he said that Bo deserved what he got. That made me madder then I ever have been before. I attacked him. We were fighting then he slipped on a pile of rocks and cracked his head. He died, I knew he had died the instant his head hit that rock. I could tell from all the blood that was pooling around his head.  I say, my face paling as I think about it. "I didn't know what to do so I just left. I went back to the hospital and . . .  my voice trails off.  "Sorry I can't tell you anymore, I . . . I have to go.  I say and just get up and walk off into the woods.
     I am just going into the cemetery and I see you going past, and I wave. Then you stop and come over. "Hello, I was just going . . . taking some roses.  I say holding up the two red rose I hold clutched in my hand. "So you talked to Daisy, and the boys about what happened. Luke told you about Bo getting hurt. I was wrong to blame him at first, I know he really wouldn't ever hurt Bo like that.  So does Daisy, neither of us meant to blame him, we were just so worried about Bo.  I say as we walk through the cemetery. "None of us really expect what happened next.  I stop before two graves, and bend down before them place a single rose on each.  "I loved them as they were my own . . . I never thought I'd lose them.  The graves read Beaureagard "Bo  Duke and Lukas "Luke  Duke. I wipe the tears from my eyes and stand back up. "It isn't fair that they died so young.  I feel more tears start to streak my cheeks, I know that I shall never stop mourning their deaths, and won't stop crying till I have no more tears inside me.
     "Bo never recovered from the injuries, the doctor said there was to much internal damage for him to have lived. He slipped into a comma and died, shortly after Luke left the hospital. When Luke got back we told him what happened. He took it so terribly. The boys were so close I think that is why it hurt Luke so much to have lost Bo. He always treated Bo more like a younger brother then a cousin. Luke took off from the hospital . . . he was in no condition to tearing around in the General. He ran through a red light . . . a semi truck was going through and didn't see him till too late and broad sided him at fifty-five miles an hour, on the driver's side. They said that Luke died instantly. The General was completely totaled . . .  I say, my voice trails off thinking about the tragic events of that day.
     "Oh you wonder since they are dead how you could have talked to them. Well . . .  I start to say, then Bo and Luke appear in the graveyard, right by where we stand.
     "That is cause when Luke and I died neither of us were at peace.  Bo says.
     "Yeah there was still a lot left unsettled.  Luke adds.
     "Though it is just nonsense.  Bo says and  leans on Luke's shoulder and smiles at him.
Luke just gave a smile and laughs. "Yeah, right.
     "See Luke here had some idea that I should blame him and hate him for what happened. I don't, not at all I know he didn't mean for it happen and it wasn't his fault, I don't blame him one bit. I ain't angry at him at all, I forgave and forgot him.  Bo says then laughs.
Luke smiles, he looks relieved that Bo don't hate or blame him at all for what happened.
     "And I guess I still am around ‘cause I didn't want Luke blaming himself and ‘cause I thought if Darien was still around that he could hurt more of my family or something I don't know I just didn't want to crossover, I guess something held me back.  Bo says.
     "Just too stubborn to accept that you were no longer alive.  Luke says jokingly.
Bo just smiles at Luke. "Cute.
     "Things are settled now though . . .  Luke started to say.
     "Yeah so we ain't gonna be hanging around Hazzard any longer.  Bo says finishing Luke's sentence.
     "Yeah, we are gonna crossover to the other side. Everything will be okay  Luke says then hugs Jesse.
     "We will be okay so don't be so sad that we are gone, we will see ya on the flip side.  Bo says then hugs Jesse as well.
     "Tell Daisy good- bye for us.  Luke says.
     "Yeah and tell her not to be sad about it.  Bo adds.
A white light then engulfs both Bo and Luke. "Bye now.  They both say as the vanish from the graveyard.
     I am sad that the boys are gone, yet in a way I am happy that they have found peace. I know I won't stop mourning that they are dead, I  miss them very much and always will. I loved them more then life itself but I know they want me to continue and to not be sad. I know it will be hard to do but I know I must try. Tears still streak my cheeks. "Come on back to the farm,  I say, " we have to tell Daisy what happened.