Scenarios

You have been placed in a safe house for reasons you were told not to discuss, and someone is already there, under the same rule. The handler said neither of you leaves until a phone call comes. It has been four days,...

You got off the elevator one floor too high and walked into a party where everyone seems to be expecting you. A person at the door hands you a drink and a name badge that is not yours, and says quietly that the real...

A courier put a box in your hands, checked your face against a photo, and left before you could say a word. Inside is money, a passport with your picture and a name you do not recognize, and a phone that has just...

A stranger at the bar has just described, in perfect detail, something you did years ago that nobody saw. They want nothing, they say. They only want you to know that they know, and to sit with you while you finish your...