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For about a month in 2010, I helped out on The Wheel of Dublin. It was an awful job, seeing as no one was really interested in riding it. The only people that would ever ride were groups of people, tourists and families.
My job was to take their money, help them onto their
I had a friend, Mark, who lived nearby. He would walk his dog around the Docklands and bring me a coffee. It was the highpoint in my day. After about two weeks of working there, I noticed everyday at noon, a man dressed in a white shirt, a waistcoat and black trousers would stand beside the Teddy Bear sculpture for exactly an hour. It happened every single day.
I asked one of my co-workers, Josh (The Awesome), who had worked there for about two months now which was all the time he was there and he had no idea what I was talking about.
One horrible, rainy, dark day, I asked Josh if I could go get a coffee.
When he appeared the next day, I took a picture of him with my phone. When I went to check it, I was shocked. It was red and the man was there. Next to him lay a dead woman. They both seemed to be staring into my eyes. Then my phone shut off. When I turned it back on, I had about ten new messages.
When I was at the bus stop, I started reading the messages.
That Saturday, my friend Mark came to the market that was on beside the wheel. He tied his dog near the teddy statue. I said
After that, I handed in my notice. I was glad when the wheel was taken down in the winter of 2011. But the teddy statue was still there. I try to avoid going past it. Thank God I live a good bit away from it. Thank God I live a good bit away from HIM.
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