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Leo sat down. He looked at the impossible turquoise water, the white quartz sand, the smiling faces of a thousand people who had no idea how close they came to disaster.

“And in twenty-three years,” Leo said, “have you ever actually wanted to ruin someone’s vacation?” parking siesta key beach

Leo did something he never did. He stopped. He breathed. He remembered a lesson he taught every year: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but the easiest path is rarely the most direct. Leo sat down

Leo’s soul left his body.