Reunion

One Last Secret


It was a beautiful spring day just perfect for a picnic and so the
Duke family had headed out to their favorite spot. For the past few
months things had been going well, Clark was attending Hazzard High and
Jonathan and Martha were getting reacquainted with their family. After
learning about Jeff Miller and confronting JD about his role in Bo's
ordeal things had been awkward, but not anymore. JD had come to see
Martha a few days after her visit and told her he would try to change
his ways, and Martha accepted that for now that was the most she could
expect. As the months passed and they once again felt like a family the
awkwardness gradually became a thing of the past.

After a pleasant afternoon the Dukes returned home unaware of what
was waiting for them. As they got out of their cars a woman came around
the corner of the house carrying a gun in her hand. Bo paled when he
got a good look at her and realized who she was. Even though he hadn't
seen her in years she looked so much like her son that he knew her
instantly. "Sue Ann Miller", "Mrs. Miller" Jesse and Bo spoke at once
shocking everyone else into silence.

"Hello Bo, I'm glad to see you remember me, I suppose you can guess why
I'm here can't you?"

"Mrs. Miller look I don't know what Jeff told you but..."

"Shut up, don't you dare speak his name. You have no right, not after
what you did to him."


"What Bo did to him?" Luke asked angrily. "Lady I don't know what Jeff
told you but the only one to blame for him going to prison is Jeff. I
was there, I saw Bo after your son got through with him, held him every
night for months when he would wake up screaming from nightmares. So
don't you dare come here and try to blame Bo for what your boy did."

"You must be Luke, Jeff told me about you. He told me that you and Bo,
your own cousin, are lovers, that's why he lied about Jeff. He didn't
want you to know he was cheating on you and his lies sent my son to
prison. I wanted to make you pay before now Bo but Jeff begged me not to.
He said he understood why you lied, he didn't blame you..."

At first Bo couldn't respond, he could only stare at her, but as she
spoke he got madder and madder. "Well isn't that nice, he doesn't blame
me. That's real nice considering what he done, I know you don't want
to hear it but your son raped me. The only one who lied is your son,
when he told you I lied, so now what are you going to do? You gonna
shoot me, let me guess Jeff begged you not to do it..." Bo flinched as
a bullet tore up the dirt at his feet.

"I told you not to say his name. You want to know what changed, why I've
decided to make you pay? Well I'll tell you, my son, my only son was
murdered while he was in prison. I figure since you put him there you
have to pay, but I'm not going to kill you. I was going to but then
I realized if I do then it's over for you and I want you to suffer like
I am. So instead I've decided to kill Luke," and before anyone could
react she aimed the gun at Luke and pulled the trigger.

"LUKE!" Bo screamed as he began to move knowing all along that he
would be too late. At the same time Clark sped into action shocking
all but his parents as he stood in front of Luke and let the bullet
slam harmlessly into him. When Sue Ann saw this she screamed with
frustrated rage as she emptied her gun into Clark's chest causing nothing
more than a few bruises. Before she had a chance to reload, Clark knocked
the gun from her hand and restrained her.

"Martha go call the sherriff, I'll get some rope to tie her up." Jonathan
said quickly taking control of the situation. "Is everybody okay?"
After a chorus of "yeah" Jonathan told Clark to watch Sue Ann while he
talked to the others. Leading the rest of his family out of Sue Ann's
hearing Jonathan began to explain, "Look I know what just happened
is a shock and I'll tell you everything once she's out of here. Please
just trust me and don't tell Rosco what you saaw."

"Dad even if we don't tell him, she will you can bet on that."

"Yeah I know she will Bo, but if everybody else swears that she's lying
nobody will believe her. Think about it, if you hadn't seen it would
you believe her?"

"Okay we see your point Jonathan and we'll give you and Martha a chance
to explain it to us."

"That's all we ask Jesse, thank you."

About this time Rosco pulled up into the yard. After he was told what
had happened he collected the gun and cuffing Sue Ann Miller placed her
in the back seat of his car. It didn't take much to convince Rosco that
Sue Ann was lying. A few weeks later at her trial she would plead insanity
and be sent to a hospital for the criminally insane. But that was in a
few weeks, today Jonathan and Martha Kent had to tell their family about
Clark, hoping they would understand. After Rosco left they all went into
the house eager to hear Jonathan's explanation.

"We told you that we had adopted Clark, well it wasn't as simple as most
adoptions. You see thirteen years ago Smallville was hit with a meteor
shower, it was a really bad one and several people were killed. Martha
and I were heading home when a meteor fell right in front of us, I swerved
to miss it but it didn't do any good. The force of the explosion when
it hit threw the truck into a corn field, flipping it in the process.
So there we were hanging upside down when I look to the side and see
this little boy standing there. After we got out of the truck, we
wrapped him in my coat and started through the field looking for his
folks. That's when we found it, I'm sure you've realized that little
boy was Clark, and well what we found was the ship that brought him to Earth.
Please wait, let me finish, once we realized that Clark was an alien
we knew we had to find some way to keep him with us. We knew if we told
the authorities they would lock him up and probably experiment on him.
We couldn't let that happen, so with help from somebody who owed me a
favor we set up Clark's adoption. Please I'm begging you, please help
us keep Clark's secret, if the wrong people found out they would take
him away from us and...they would torture him to find out everything
they could about him."

At first nobody spoke too surprized to know what to say. Thinking of
how Clark had saved Luke and remembering that his family had accepted
his secrets Bo figured out what to say. "So that explains how Clark
got shot without getting hurt, which I'm grateful neither him or Luke
got hurt. Mom, Dad, Clark as I've gotten to know all of you I've come
to love you as people not just as an idea. As far as I'm concerned
Clark is my little brother and I wouldn't hurt him anymore than he would
hurt me. None of you rejected me when you found out my secrets, and
well Clark can't help who he is just like I can't help who I am so
little brother your secret's safe with me." Standing up Bo pulled Clark
to his feet and gave him a supportive hug. Soon Luke, Jesse and Daisy
had joined them expressing similar feelings and promising to keep the
secret.


A week after Sue Ann Miller's trial it was time for the Kents to return
to Smallville. Promising to come for a visit in the fall Jesse, Daisy
and Luke went into the house leaving Bo to say his goodbyes. "I didn't
know this would be so hard, I wish you could stay here but I understand
why you can't. Thank you for asking Uncle Jesse to raise me, I couldn't
have had a better stand-in father and thank you for adopting Clark and
giving me a great little brother. I'll miss all of you but I know we'll
see each other again and just remember I'll be here if you ever need me."


"That goes both ways son, and don't you forget it. I love you son,
Jesse did a fine job raising you and I couldn't be any prouder of you,
you're a good man." Jonathan said embracing Bo before climbing into the
truck.

"It was great to meet you Bo I couldn't have asked for a better brother."
Clark held out a hand only to be drawn in for a quick, brotherly hug.

Martha reached up to brush a strand of hair off Bo's face. "You take
good care of yourself honey, be happy. I'm glad you have Jesse, Daisy
and expecially Luke in your life. If I have to leave I'm glad to know
you'll be surrounded by other's who love you too. I love you sweetheart
and we'll see you in a few months, now lean down so I can give you a
kiss." Bo watched with tears shimmering in his eyes as half of his
family drove away, comforted as he felt Luke slip his arms around him.
He would miss them but he had Luke's love to give him strength and he
knew he would see them again. Leaning into Luke's embrace as they headed
inside he silently thanked God for all his blessings.


The End.

A/N: Thanks everybody for reading my story, I especially would like to
thank those who took the time to review. Reviews are part of what feed
my muse and just because this is the last chapters doesn't mean reviews
aren't welcome. Thanks see you in the next story.