I grabbed my crutches and hobbled to the door. A girl wearing a ski parka, jeans, walking boots, and a wool cap stood on my stoop. The hat was red wit... white trim. The coat was navy blue with gray patches and red piping. Her hair was long, blonde, and billowing in the breeze. She was carrying two large shopping bags and looking down at them.When I opened the door, she looked up. I was staring into big brown eyes and a warm, wide, white-toothed smile."Melody?" Merry Christmas, Tommy," she. I have been back and forth across the nation by plane a hundred times, but this is my first trip by road, actually seeing all the things I missed in the air.”Deacon was surprised, “Retired? You? You aren’t near old enough. Hell, at your age you should just now be hitting your stride. What did you do before you retired?”Stephanie smiled, a little sadly Deacon thought. “I was a corporate attorney. Thank you for your gallant words, but I am no spring chicken, I just age well.” She winked at Deacon. " She thought that over a minute then said, " Ok. I will take away my hands if you take away yours." "Deal" We counted to three and both of us took away our hands at the same time and stared in marvel and wonder of the sights before us. She was a little shocked that her own brother was packing like I was and I was struck by the sheer beauty of her naked body. 18 years old and she was better looking than any 22 year old I ever knew. Her nipples were starting to poke out a little too and she. None of them knew that I wanted it as bad as they did and I was ready to do “whatever.” I’m not sure their “do anything it takes” went as far as I was willing to go—and did go.I had studied the original “Shane” movie in preparation for the auditions for this remake and found that the role I was after was a key one. Shane was a gunslinger trying to put his past behind him by signing on as a farmhand at the Starett’s Wyoming homestead. Joey, the part I wanted, was the son of the Starett.