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JANUARY 2013
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I stayed with he first time Jake saw me, he gave me a few quick glances before he simply stared. Jake all the way to the emerHe had brought his old ten-speed bike into gency room where the doctors and the shop early Saturday morning to have it nurses said I had saved his life. I had barecleaned and tuned. Late in the afternoon he ly a scratch while Jake sustained broken bones, deep cuts and scrapes, and terrireturned to pick up the bike. He spoke to A Tale of Fiction ble bruising. He the guy at the remained in the cash register hospital several while pointing days, and I didn’t at me. The clerk leave his room smiled and said I was until he went a good match for Jake. home. He approached me. By Barbara Javor The car’s driv“Well, let’s do it,” he said er denied fault, with a smile. The next morning we took and Jake pressed our first bike ride together. charges. When his He was out of shape for cycling, so our lawyer pleaded the initial outings were short and unchallengcase in court, she lauding. Winter was turning to spring, and with ed me for saving his life in the longer days we took longer rides, venturspite of the driver’s reckless driving. Her ing from the flat pathways to gentle hills. We began leaving town, past the suburbs, and onto words turned me into some kind of hero. Jake the rural roadways that wound through the won the case, and received more than enough foothills. One Saturday morning after climbing a money in the settlement to replace his mangled ridge east of town, Jake rode hell-bent down the ten-speed and cover all the medical bills. After settling the lawsuit, Jake started a new curvy grade, past five-acre spreads on both sides of the road. He didn’t see the car backing up too a physical therapy program with a therapist quickly from a driveway as he pedaled around a named Marilyn. She trained him on a stationary sharp curve. He swerved and screamed, and the bike, and encouraged him to buy a new bike and driver jammed on his brakes, but Jake couldn’t get back on the roads when he was ready. She avoid the collision. He flew off the bike, slid was an avid triathlete, and she convinced him to across the road, and stopped when his head hit buy a light-weight road bike, expensive shoes the curb—not hard, but it made an audible with cleats, and a fancy-schmancy helmet with clunk. continued on page 18