The Unreturned Suit

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The Unreturned Suit (Theme: identity crisis)The business card was a simple, matte black. Leo J. Mercer, Freelance Photographer. It had slipped from a man’s wallet at the coffee shop, right after that man—Leo—had confessed to Ethan over the counter about his own crushing envy of Ethan’s “ordered life.” Ethan, a senior accountant, was drowning in spreadsheets, deadlines, and a soul-crushing mortgage. Leo’s life sounded like a dream of unshackled freedom.“Let’s trade,” Leo had joked, a wild glint in his eye. “Just for a day. You be me, I’ll be you. A reset.”It was the most reckless thing Ethan had ever