I'm wondering the same thing!

The last spot on the trading post is a special slot so it doesn't always have an order request. It is random as far as I can tell as to when an islander makes a new request. Hope that helps!

Thank you Larissa!! I ended up being able to recover it but not until I tried to visit a friend's island did it allow me to get mine back. Not sure why it didn't just transfer with everything else. I really appreciate your help!

Is there a way to