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Colleen 0'Hara

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The Bridge

Submitted to Contest #172

Standing on the ledge high above the car park he stared ahead unaware of the gathering crowd who were watching him intently. He had been there for the better part of an hour. Images darted around his mind like a broken record on repeat. They always found a way of coming to the fore. Even 40 years passing hadn’t lessened them. They say time is a great healer but not. If anything, it was worse. The pain seemed to live and breathe in every part of his body. He could still remember that day. Everyone had told him not to do it but being 17 he ign...

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