I Won a Five-Star Island Vacation

weak.

Because he wanted to.

We were back at Koa Bay Reserve, standing on the beach beneath a sky so blue it looked painted.

Noah, his swim instructor, waited in the water a few feet away.

“You sure?” I called.

Leo turned back with a grin that showed the gap where he had lost a tooth.

“I’m sure!”

Then he ran.

Little feet slapping wet sand.

Arms out.

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