October 2028
Dear Hailey,
I’m sorry I disappeared. In April, there was a vessel that went down at the end of the season when we thought we wouldn’t have to worry about large crews out there.
We were wrong. We were out for days, and we lost many of them.
I know it’s not necessarily the news you were hoping for, but that’s why I stopped writing.
I didn’t know how hard it would hit me to fail miserably at a mission like that.
I’m still planning on going to the gala. I have leave for a few extra days, so I will be around after, if you’d like to hang out for longer. Either way is fine by me. And if you’ve found a date, that’s okay too.
Are you celebrating Halloween? If so, what are you dressing up as?
How about another joke?
Why wouldn’t the ghost dance at the party?
Think about it.
No peeking.
Really, I should just not tell you.
See you in a couple months.
With kindness,
Asher
P.S. Because he had no body to dance with.