6. Chapter 6
Sandbox
Dear Sadie,
I have been officially warned. I plan to never ever piss you off. The threat to put itching powder in my underwear was bad enough. Did you seriously put hair removal creme in a high school kid’s shampoo bottle? You are devious. I like it.
I have a feeling I’ll never have to worry you’ll say, ‘I’m fine’ and make me wonder what the hell is wrong. Nope. You’ll say ‘I’m not fine’ while you cackle and plan some kind of prank that scares the shit out of me.
Your picture is awesome. I was half expecting some stock photo of a model. What I got was much better. No worries on me making fun of you. It’ll never happen. Although, teasing is allowed, right?
I appreciate your understanding that I can’t tell you where I am. Operational security. But I made you a drawing to give you an idea.
If you make fun of my drawing skills, then you’ll find out how good I am at pranking. We have a lot of downtime, which means a lot of time to come up with ways to torture our fellow soldiers.
My buddies think it’s funny to tease me about how much I enjoy your letters. They’re obviously jealous, so keep those letters coming. Anything I can do to make them jealous makes my day. If I’m being totally honest, getting a letter from you makes my day.
I should go. We have a briefing in a few minutes.
Take care,
Ben