The Last Macho Man in Hollywood Scene 1

Steve Oliver was lucky to be alive. One of the biggest actors in Hollywood, he’d been in a major wreck that had totalled his car and left him with a concussion, two broken arms, a broken ankle, and a cracked femur. He’d been home from the hospital for a couple of days, lying in a medical bed with his arms and foot in casts, and he kept reminding himself how lucky he was to have survived. It wasn’t easy because he wasn’t used to spending so much time lying down, and he especially wasn’t used to being helpless. But that’s exactly what he was, immobile and unable to use either of his arms. It was a very unusual and unpleasant feeling for a man who prided himself on his physical prowess. Steve was 43, but he was in better shape than most men half his age, his muscles large and well-defined. He stayed active, which kept him energetic and allowed him to land high-profile, high-paying action movies.