Dear Ashley This is Soren. You remember a Soren Kalamalos, right? We used to go to school together, played games of tag and hide and seek. I remembered how, when we first entered school, you wanted to prove the boys something. You wanted to prove that you can run and jump like the rest of us. You did, and I couldn’t help but admire your strength. I, er, ended up developing a crush on you for a while. Your laugh was contagious and your smile even more so. Every day was fun, playing with you. I’m sure our other friends would agree. Remember how you always loved jumping into the creek and splashing us with water. Yeah, it was good times. I know this letter won’t reach you. I can never reach out to you again. It’s too dangerous to do so. I don’t want the women who turned me and my father into fugitives get to you and hurt you. So please, whoever may find this letter, please don’t send it to my friends. Please don’t tell them where I am or where my father is. Please… Soren
