Corinne Vien

Sophomore year, Jake hired a driver to drive him around to help him sell the weed. And now that he was mobile and he could sell outside of school, his connections into the drug world only grew. And soon he earned his own nickname, picked for him by a gunslinging, brass knuckle wearing drug dealer named Skippy.

Sophomore year, Jake hired a driver to drive him around to help him sell the weed. And now that he was mobile and he could sell outside of school, his connections into the drug world only grew. And soon he earned his own nickname, picked for him by a gunslinging, brass knuckle wearing drug dealer named Skippy.

Jake's parents thought that their child was just smoking weed. But meanwhile, he was riding around in cars with older kids and adults who were carrying guns and huge quantities of drugs with them and getting into some kind of sticky situations.

Jake's parents thought that their child was just smoking weed. But meanwhile, he was riding around in cars with older kids and adults who were carrying guns and huge quantities of drugs with them and getting into some kind of sticky situations.

Jake told me about one really scary ride he took with one of his suppliers that kind of felt like a scene from The Sopranos, one where he wasn't really sure he would come out with all of his fingers or even their lives. And Jake also name dropped a lot of people. And when I suggested like, hey, perhaps we shouldn't do that. He said, don't worry, they're all dead or in jail now.

Jake told me about one really scary ride he took with one of his suppliers that kind of felt like a scene from The Sopranos, one where he wasn't really sure he would come out with all of his fingers or even their lives. And Jake also name dropped a lot of people. And when I suggested like, hey, perhaps we shouldn't do that. He said, don't worry, they're all dead or in jail now.

But I'm not going to name names.

But I'm not going to name names.

Here's one of those high school friends, Adrian, who you may remember from episode one. When Jake was released from the police station, he headed directly to her house to get more heroin.

Here's one of those high school friends, Adrian, who you may remember from episode one. When Jake was released from the police station, he headed directly to her house to get more heroin.

She's referring to Jake's ex-girlfriend from high school, Emma. They'd met at summer camp and Emma lived in New York City and they dated throughout high school and a little bit in college. And they seemed to make the long distance work. They visited each other whenever they could. And as Eli puts it...

She's referring to Jake's ex-girlfriend from high school, Emma. They'd met at summer camp and Emma lived in New York City and they dated throughout high school and a little bit in college. And they seemed to make the long distance work. They visited each other whenever they could. And as Eli puts it...

Back to Adrian. The two met in high school as friends, but as things go in high school, you have different friend groups and certain friendships tend to fade a bit over time. And that's kind of what happened to Adrian and Jake. They started to drift. But they did reconnect after graduating. And in the beginning of their friendships striking up again, Jake was still dating his girlfriend, Emma.

Back to Adrian. The two met in high school as friends, but as things go in high school, you have different friend groups and certain friendships tend to fade a bit over time. And that's kind of what happened to Adrian and Jake. They started to drift. But they did reconnect after graduating. And in the beginning of their friendships striking up again, Jake was still dating his girlfriend, Emma.

I'm giving you all a wink if you can hear it over this audio recording. Jake's a relationship guy, and Adrian is a really sweet, steady, beautiful person. And she was there with him through the final months of his mom's suffering.

I'm giving you all a wink if you can hear it over this audio recording. Jake's a relationship guy, and Adrian is a really sweet, steady, beautiful person. And she was there with him through the final months of his mom's suffering.

Jake was finding his own way to cope with what was happening. And although we know what happened to his mom, because it's been alluded to many times throughout this episode, at this point in the story, she hasn't yet passed, but she has been put on hospice.

Jake was finding his own way to cope with what was happening. And although we know what happened to his mom, because it's been alluded to many times throughout this episode, at this point in the story, she hasn't yet passed, but she has been put on hospice.

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