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The next morning, Luke was talking somewhat openly about his Nam experiences with Sara, doing the best he could in the hopes that he would make Bo crowd. "I still can't look at a cave without tensing up," he finished, watching as Sara made some notes. The door opened, a petite blond nurse going to Sara and whispering something in her ear.

Luke quietly made his way to the door along with Bo and Sammy.

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The sound of cars pulling up broke Luke from his thought. "Bo...sounds like Enos is here..." he called out. He didn't really think Daisy would show up, she kept so busy all the time. And though he loved his cousin dearly, the truth was that the two just weren't as close anymore. Sure he missed her, loved her like a sister, but it had been Bo and Sammy who had helped him through his grieving while Daisy continued her studies. Daisy had, of course, offered to stay on at the farm. One thing Jesse had taught his kids was to stand by each other. But Luke had begged her to go back to school, with the reasoning it would help him far more knowing she was safe and happy. Daisy hadn't refused and though Luke wasn't sorry, he did miss his cousin-especially when Abi seemed to be taking after her tomboy ways. Luke did a double take when he finally looked out teh window and saw not only Enos, but Daisy as well.

Luke, on the other hand, quietly straightened up the house. It didn't need much. Sammy usually kept the place as immaculate as it could be with two little ones running around. Carefully Luke picked up a doll from the floor and took it to his daughter's room. Abi was still fast asleep though, in contrast to TJ who was a cuddler, slept spread-eagle, as if even in her sleep asserting her independance. She was very much like her dad in that way. Luke quietly set the doll in its place among dozens of other toys on the window seat before turning once more to Abi, stroking back one of her dark curls. Abi didn't notice, being far too tired. He tucked her in a little more and, like Bo had done, just stared at his daughter and stroked her pretty hair.

Sara sighed softly before heading back to the room to check on her patient.

Luke nodded a little brginning to straighten up the room. He didn't mind really, so long as it kept him from thinking of Sara.

Luke swallowed nodding a little. He was sure it was just a matter of time before he would find out anyway. He knew there had never been any love lost between the two...yet, at the same time, he didn't know why she would say something to set Bo off. After all, she had just come to town...

"Bo...did she say somethin' to you?" Luke could handle a lot, but someone saying hurtful things to his cousin whom he loved more than a brother was not one of them.

Luke frowned as he heard the mutter. "What happened? Didn't it go well?"

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Almost as if he knew Bo's thoughts, Luke pulled away once more, full of shame. It wasn't supposed to be this way. He was the patriarch after all. He tried hard to think back to when Jesse had lost Lavinia. Jesse had grieved, but somehow had moved on, raising the kids on hs own. Luke had only been around thirteen then and, like his cousins, had taken their beloved aunt's passing hard, yet had seemed to bounce out of it with child-like elasticity. Things were different this time... "M'sorry Bo...know you got better things t' do than coddle me," he said with a grimace at the word "coddle". He hated that he was so needy anymore. "You talked to Cassie right?" He hoped he had and that if nothing else she knew he wasn't interested in whatever she was peddaling. He wasn't ready for a relationship of any kind with a woman. In fact, he still wore his wedding ring: the one Sara had slipped on his finger that bright July day almost seven years before.

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Luke swallowed hard. It was ironic that he was the one always thought of as the stronger of the two cousins...the more closed-off one...uncaring. Even Jesse had once said that Luke had the sensativity of a buzz-saw. Deep-down though, in the innermost being, beat a heart as tender as Bo's if not more so. For years, event after tragic event had caused his heart to become barricaded with thick walls, closing out everyone except the few people he loved and trusted, unwilling to allow his heart to be hurt any more. This with Sara though, had done things to him no one anticipated. It had broken him, in every sense of the word.

Luke leaned more into his brother. He knew without a doubt he couldn't have survived all of this without Bo. He was always there....always understanding...helping him. He was his brother in every sense of the word, and though Luke couldn't put into words all he felt about him, he hoped that somehow Bo knew.

Luke nodded sligtly warm tears trickling down his cheeks. He knew that...but the pain was still there.

"If you're sure Mr. Duke," answered Sara skeptically.

Luke wiped at his eyes with the back of his hand. It was a boyish habit he had never outgrown. "It's just...so unfair..." he choked out. "I want my wife back Bo... I want her back and I know ...it...it's impossible."

Sara frowned as she looked at him. "You know we could set you up with a bed for tonight...save you the drive back..."

Sara frowned. "You alright?"

Luke nodded tearily. "I know...I know...I'm tryin'...I am.." he said softly though there was a lump in his throat. "I don't mean t' dump all this on you Bo...I'm sorry," he added softly.