The Teddy Bear on Table 6

 

This is Part 2 of The Old North Diner Horror. Read Part 1 first: The Last Customer
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The Teddy Bear on Table 6: I Went Back to The Old North Diner

 It was still there. Soaked. One eye missing. And it wasn't alone

I told myself I wouldn't go back. Not on a Thursday.
But it's hard to forget two wet hand prints on a table that should have been empty.
Last Thursday, I quit the night shift. Mr. Lee gave me the keys and left for Korea. He said, "Don't go back on Thursday. Let them have their pie."

I went back.
Thursday. 2:10 AM. High Street was dead. Rain was coming down hard. The diner's neon buzzed. OPEN 24 HR.
Table 6 was empty. But too clean. Someone had wiped it.
And on the vinyl seat, was the teddy bear. The little girl's teddy bear. The one she was holding outside the window. Soaked, muddy, one button eye missing.
I didn't touch it.
I went to the counter to call Mr. Lee. His number was disconnected.
When I turned around, the bear was on Table 6. Right next to the Table 6 sign. Water pooling around it. 

And behind it, two coffee cups. Steaming. Fresh. Two.

I heard the bell jingle. The door didn't open. But I felt the cold air. I felt someone sit down at Table 6. The vinyl creaked.
A little voice said, "Grandpa says thank you for the pie."
I ran. I locked the door from outside and left the bear inside.
This morning, Friday 10 AM, I went back with the day manager. The bear was gone. But on Table 6, there were two wet hand prints. And one small, muddy footprint. And a receipt.

Handwritten. Faded ink.
"Apple Pie x2 - 1978. Paid."
Underneath, in a child's handwriting: "We will keep on waiting."
It's 2:03 AM again. I'm writing this from my apartment. I can see the diner from my window. The neon is on.
The bell just jingled.

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The 2:13 AM Diner - The Old North Chronicles | Episode 2
We will keep on waiting... at Table 6.

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