WELCOME HOME, SHANNON !!!
The barn door is open.
Shannon slips inside. She can see Stan leaning against the top rail of Malachi's pen. He is facing away from her. Shannon keeps to the wall. She wants to surprise Stan.
Suddenly, Leah's voice is heard. She must be inside Malachi's pen. Stan stretches his arm out across the rail, "When I tried to announce my intentions with your sister, a year ago, it was embarrassing. I was rather surprised …because I thought she felt the same way as I did."
Shannon sees something that brings a tear to her eye. There is tape wrapped around two of Stan's fingers. She recalls the meaning of the tape. It is a part of a video she had taped …a portion of Dad, left behind. It is one of Shannon's favorites. She recalls the taping of the puppet show which Dad had performed. She had watched it many times on video:
Breeze: "You stick with her as long as she wants."
Cody: "How long does she want?"
Breeze: "Until she gets a ring on her finger instead of tape."
Overcome with emotion, more tears gather in Shannon's eyes. Stan had decided to stick with her ---how long? He'd waited an entire year, not knowing her intentions. Now he was waiting to surprise her with a marriage proposal …one that was so endearing to her heart.
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