Every mile of coastline carries a secret.
A routine bus ride along the Malibu coast shatters when a man connected to a long-ago hijacking attempt step aboard. Calm fractures. Students scatter into traffic along Pacific Coast Highway. The driver gives chase, coaxing them back before disaster strikes.
The bus moves on — outwardly composed, inwardly unraveling. As the road curves along the coast, his thoughts take over: fires, earthquakes, wrecks, and the legends that cling to this stretch of land. Each mile grows heavier. Each memory darker.
At the final stop, a quiet truth emerges: the students fear for his safety in Malibu, even as greater dangers wait ahead for them. Along this coast, danger doesn’t disappear. It waits.
