I have just
crossed over one of several four lane highways which exist on my measured
pathway, and mounted the next sidewalk; for I only pedal on sidewalks. Safer,
don’t ya know? (Ironic, I suppose, given this strange series of stories).
I hear it
before I see it. Some muted, unidentified protestations. I turn my gaze in a
diagonal direction. And oddly enough, as it seems now, on the exact same corner
where I encountered ‘Jailhouse Johnny’ are a large black SUV, and a late model
semi-truck cab. Parked at a traffic light, I notice the driver of the SUV is
standing just behind his vehicle, while the driver of the larger truck is
engaged in a struggle with what appears to be an adult female.
I think none
of us know exactly how we will respond to a seeming emergency until it “drops
from the sky” and figuratively exclaims, “Here I am.” Oh, we can imagine what
we’d do, but “the proof is (definitely) in the pudding.”
I do not
hesitate
It occurs to
me at that moment that I am willing to do whatever I have to do to rescue the
apparent “damsel in distress.” At the moment, at least, I have no consideration
whatever of the presence of firearms, or taking on two ‘bad boys’ at a time,
(or the fact that I am quickly approaching 70 years of age).
I
immediately begin peddling my speedy, (well, not so much) bike towards what
appears to be the scene of a crime. As I pedal I attempt to “get the mark” of
the situation unraveling before me. It seems a woman is being dragged into the
driver’s side of the cab, as if the offender intends to take her against her
will.
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