They don’t plan on ever being a crime statistic.While you watch in amazement, he’ll explain his hobby is parkour. When you’re locked out of your apartment, he’ll get in using the fire escape ladder that’s rusted stuck nine feet from the ground. They receive lots of phone calls from the 202 area code.Thanks to that go bag, she’ll have a sewing kit for stiches, antivenin for snake bites, and can make a tourniquet from an ink pen and a shoestring. You go to the hospital for a medical emergency, or at least the nurse’s office. He’s clearly expecting he’ll have to make a run for it, 24/7. He says it’s because he was a boy scout and likes to be prepared, but he keeps one at home, in his car, and in his locker. They can tell if someone’s been in their room because a picture frame has been moved half an inch. They notice every detail about EVERYTHING.He gets excited about bug detectors, frequency scramblers, and his box of burner phones.

Or they’re European, which is still a problem because they told you they were born and raised in Seattle. They are fluent in at least three languages.Like me about my perfectly innocent neighbor. When encountering a mugger in a dark alley, you run like you stole something, but she gets into a fighter’s stance because she’s not only a black belt in Karate and Krav Maga, she’s studying capoeira.

They have a very particular set of skills (props to Bryan Mills).If you’ve ever had similar suspicions about your new guy or that cute girl in third period chemistry, here are some signs they may not be who they claim. He was great at getting people to talk and knew everything about everyone on the block, but didn’t share much about himself, including what he actually did for a living. He traveled all the time, sometimes to Russia. I’m a writer-we like to make up stuff and often read too much into completely benign situations-but I did wonder about him. I had a neighbor who I thought might be a spy.

Ever suspected your best friend might be a spy? Prettyboy Must Die author Kimberly Reid, fresh off writing the story of undercover CIA hacking prodigy Jake Morrow, is happy to fill you in on the signs and symptoms of being besties with a secret agent.

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