Subject: I've been in the hospital
From: Ruth Alade
To: You
Date: 10th November 2020
I have no idea who sent you that last email. I must have been hacked. I'm so sorry about this whole situation. You haven't heard from me for so long because I've been in the hospital. The coast guard rescued me a week ago. I have no recollection of what happened. I vaguely remember falling asleep on the couch. The next thing I know, I was being hoisted up out of the sea by a man hanging from a helicopter. I guess I must have been sleepwalking again, only this time, Oscar couldn't wake me. I asked them to check for Oscar back on the island, but there was no sign of him. I was worried that he had drowned, but I just got word from the postman that he had seen what looked like a small dog dashing off his boat when he returned to the mainland on Monday. I just want to put this whole mess behind me now. Can you believe I can't wait to get back to the city? Maybe being cooped up in a flat in Central London isn't so bad after all.
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