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The Universe & Miss Debbie

by Cindy Phan

Her name was Deb (Miss Debbie to the staff), but everyone at SALON LA BELLE called her Clockwork, a covert nickname one of the children had coined one long, interminable afternoon while waiting in the backroom for the salon to close.

As nicknames went, it was a clever one. Every four weeks, on every Thursday of that fourth week, in walked the formidable and foreboding Miss Debbie.

3:45 p.m. Sharp.

Like clockwork. Just like Clockwork. (Continue Reading…)