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Daisy nodded before slipping away to the waiting area. Tears dripped down Luke's cheeks, his hands shaking a little. Soon the orderly had him to his room helping him into bed, writing on a chart and leaving them.

Luke nodded a little. "She thinks about him too..." began Luke when a scream made him jerk to see his baby girl on the ground, trying desperately not to cry having tripped over her boots and scraped her hands on the cement. Luke was there in an instant a look of fear on his face though trying desperately to keep calm for Abi's sake. " Where's it hurt sweetheart?" Little Abi bit her trembling lip and held out her hands, Luke taking them shakily in his hands and looking them over. His heart was thumping a mile a minute.

"Bo...I...I'm just gonna get a drink..." said Daisy softly though the real reason was she just needed some time...time to contemplate everything...time to mourn...for not only her uncle...but for the man Luke used to be as well. Luke leaned more into Bo, drawing what comfort he could from his brother's hold.

The orderly nodded. "For the moment at least..." Luke leaned his head against his cousin though he wouldn't face either him or Daisy.

"Hope she does...been too long...since we was all together..." said Luke softly.

Luke looked at Bo, his lip trembling a little but nodded softly. Together with Bo, Daisy helped her older cousin into the wheelchair. Large tears rolled down her cheeks. Luke simply stared at his hands.

Luke looked up tearily from where Daisy held him shivering as he saw the wheelchair. Daisy bit her lip to keep from sobbing. Luke didn't need her to do that.

"Thanks...she is darling," agreed Luke softly. "Uh...she didn't know for sure if she was or not...school's been...keepin her busy...she said she'd try though...she misses everyone..." he added as an afterthought.

An orderly soon returned confused looking at Bo's shaky legs. "Are you the patient sir?"

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Luke nodded slightly at the apology. The hairs on the back of his neck were standing up, and he was feeling queazy. He swallowed hard but did his best to make light of it. After all, she didn't know about Sara the way most Hazzard girls did. He didn't know if she was making a play on him or not. He quickly changed the subject back to his daughter. "She's the love of my life," he said without hesitation as Abi started trotting too and fro, first with a dandelion, next with a catepillar...anything the nature-loving girl found of interest she brought to her daddy. "Hold on there youngin...my pockets are all full..." he said stroking her dark curls tenderly. "Why don'tcha go back this little guy back where ya found him." "I don' wanna!!!!!" "Abi..." "I don' wanna! I like him!" "Abi! NOW!" Abi stalked away muttering under her breath. "My hair and Bo's temper," he quipped.

The hug caught Luke off guard. His eyes quickly sought out Bo, as they tended to do when he thought of Sara. He hadn't felt a woman's arm around him since Sara... except for Daisy and Sammy. It made him uncomfortable to say the least, though to Cassie he said only, "You're fine." It wasn't fine though...as the look in his eyes told Bo. He knew it wasn't the time to dwell on it...he was here for a celebration...but deep down, in his soul, he longed for his wife. Abi broke his thoughts. "Daddy! Daddy! Look what I brung ya!" "S'not another frog is it?" Abi giggled. "No!" She handed him a rock. "Ain't it pretty? Put it in yer pocket Daddy," she ordered. Luke did as told, with a smile.

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The nurse nodded quickly calling an orderly to fetch a wheel chair while she made room arrangements. Luke continued to sit with Daisy, crying into her softly as she rocked him.

The receptionist nodded understandingly putting a hand over his shaky one. "We'll take good care of him. Is he allergic to anything we should know about?"

Luke too drew his attention back to Cassie. He felt a bit awkward as Bo asked about her and Enos, not because he was interested in Cassie- as far as he was concerned he didn't intend to ever love again, but everyone knew that Enos's heart belonged to Daisy...at least...it had the last time Luke knew about it.

The receptionist nodded gathering together various papers, along with a clipboard and pen, handing them to Bo. "Please fill out these... I'll call an orderly to come get him..what's he being admitted for?"

The receptionist looked up at the tall blond towering over her. "may I help you sir?"

"Me?! I was just havin' fun! Ain't my fault she's ornery..." retorted Luke. "No wonder you two make such a good couple."

The doctor nodded his understanding. "Well...the first step is to get him admitted. The receptionist there can give you the paperwork to fill out," he said pointing to a nurse's station down the hallway.

"Suicide? Of course we'll help if we can...though...it might be better to take him somewhere specializing in that sort of thing," suggested the doctor.

"Well, TJ gets it from somewhere...guess we could just blame Sammy....sides...she ain't here t' say any diff'rent..." suggested Luke.

"She gets it from you!" returned Luke. "Always said she spends way too much time with ya when yer here..." he teased in turn.

The doctor turned looking at the young man. "Yes...Mr. Duke is it? I'm sorry about your uncle... how can I help you?"