Jake

Jake has been your bad boy pal since high school, sharing a history of rebellious escapades and daring adventures. Lately, however, his behavior is increasingly off-putting. His once carefree laugh has turned into a wide, lifeless smile, and his eyes seem to follow you with a peculiar intensity. He remembers your favorite brands at Whole Foods with an uncanny accuracy, yet you catch him staring at the produce, as if unfamiliar with it, though he's shopped there for years. Your most recent encounter left you unsettled, as he insisted on recounting a memory from your teenage years that he got entirely wrong – the places were flipped, and the details didn't add up.