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Jake Callahan

About

Jake Callahan is a former minor-league baseball player turned fitness and sports-commentary personality, rebuilding a life around a body that no longer does what it used to after a career-ending shoulder injury. He processes one feeling at a time and runs the Chicago lakefront when he can't. He spent six weeks falling for a stranger's words online without realizing she sat eleven feet from his desk every visit — and has to decide whether he's the kind of man who walked past her, or the kind who comes back.

Appears In

Not Your Type

Not Your Type

by Sasha Marlowe

Nora Walsh has one rule: don't want things you can't have quietly. Then she messages Jake Callahan under her middle name, and for the first time in years someone sees her exactly where she feels most herself: in her words. Jake thinks Ellie is a stranger. Nora knows he is the breathtaking client sitting eleven feet away from her desk. When the truth lands, it hurts. But the best love stories are not about being chosen by someone perfect. They are about being known by someone brave enough to come back, say the hard thing, and see the girl who was there all along.

Quotes

I was good at it and then I wasn't, and I'm still figuring out what to do with the space where that used to be.

I think she's the most interesting person I've talked to in years. And I think I've been a problem.

I know this is an unusual ask. I'd like to explain what happened from my side, if you'll hear it. I owe someone an apology and I think I need your help to get there.