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Authors: J. A. Hornbuckle
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heard a voice yell back.
"Got another victim for yah," DeeDee yelled as she winked at me.
I again swallowed deeply.
I didn't think the word 'victim' was conducive to a beauty salon or to calming the salon patrons nerves or was even professional in the least. But then, maybe that was what DeeDee was winking about, that it was all in good fun.
I was all for good fun.
As long as it allayed my fears, not added to them.
"Send them on back, Dee," I heard the other voice shout.
"Ok, Leila, go up the step and turn left then right and Lotti will meet cha," DeeDee explained. "When you're done then Frank-kay should be ready for yah, 'kay?"
I did as Dee instructed and was met by a short, laughing Latina with the most beautiful smile and luscious hair I'd ever seen.
"Did you just wink at me?" Lotti asked.
"Pay no attention," I advised. "New contacts. Still getting used to them."
"Uh-huh," Lotti mumbled dubiously. "Let's get you started then, okay?"
I dropped my purse in the corner and sat down in the chair indicated as she rolled a three-tiered shelving unit over to where I was sitting. Lotti pulled a large standing magnifying glass and pointed it over my face.
"So, what I'm seeing, chica, is that you need eyebrows, upper lip and side-burns done today, okay?" and she turned to this metal pot that had wax dripping down it.
I felt my heartbeat begin to speed up.
"Is this going to take a long time, because I have an appointment with Frankie, err, I mean, Frank-Kay." I asked nervously, even though I wasn't any calmer when I thought about getting my hair styled.
"No, no time at all. Hey, you weren't kidding about the contacts!" I lifted my eyes and saw a distorted picture of her from my side of the huge magnifying glass. I felt that silence was the better part of valor.
"Okay, so sit back and relax and I'll have you outta here in no time, 'kay," I heard Lotti say.
And she was right. I was out of there in no time.
My upper lip was clear of fuzz as were the clumps of fuzz that had been in front of my ears.
But it was my eyebrows that reflected the sheer artistry of Lotti's work. I no longer looked like a Cave girl now that my 'uni-brow' was gone and Lotti's hot wax had given me the kind of eyebrows I saw on other women, the other women that I found myself looking at, admiring.
I was amazed at how such a small thing, with only the smallest moment of pain, made me look so different.
I stared at myself in the 10x magnification mirror and was completely stunned.
I reached in my bag and left Lotti a twenty dollar tip which made her eyes widened.
"Is that enough, Lotti? Sorry, this is my first time at doing this," I hoped I wasn't insulting her.
"No problema, chica," Lotti said, folding the bill and then inserting it into her deep, full cleavage. "I thank you for this, yes? But next time, either a five or a ten will do, okay?" And I was astounded that she moved towards me sitting sideways on her reclining chair and gave me a hug.
"Make an appointment with DeeDee for four weeks, yes? Since we don't know how fast your hair grows. Now shoo, Bonita Leila, and let Francisco do his magic on your hair, okay?"
I went back into the waiting area of the salon and sat down. Glancing at DeeDee's station I saw her looking my way with her mouth open.
"Holy crap!" she announced. "You're beautiful!"
"Thanks, DeeDee," I mumbled. "But it was Lotti."
"No, Lotti had something to work with, and she did a great job!" she said with a smile.
I just smiled back.
*.*.*.*.*
"So what do we want to accomplish today?" Frank-Kay asked me as I was finally seated in his chair.
I had been shampooed, twice, and had sat underneath a hair dryer with some kind of orange goo on my head for a good half-hour before being told I could, at long last, sit on the Throne of Frank-kay, as I was calling it in my head.
I was making a lot of changes at once: glasses to contacts, wookie to cookie with only the
"Got another victim for yah," DeeDee yelled as she winked at me.
I again swallowed deeply.
I didn't think the word 'victim' was conducive to a beauty salon or to calming the salon patrons nerves or was even professional in the least. But then, maybe that was what DeeDee was winking about, that it was all in good fun.
I was all for good fun.
As long as it allayed my fears, not added to them.
"Send them on back, Dee," I heard the other voice shout.
"Ok, Leila, go up the step and turn left then right and Lotti will meet cha," DeeDee explained. "When you're done then Frank-kay should be ready for yah, 'kay?"
I did as Dee instructed and was met by a short, laughing Latina with the most beautiful smile and luscious hair I'd ever seen.
"Did you just wink at me?" Lotti asked.
"Pay no attention," I advised. "New contacts. Still getting used to them."
"Uh-huh," Lotti mumbled dubiously. "Let's get you started then, okay?"
I dropped my purse in the corner and sat down in the chair indicated as she rolled a three-tiered shelving unit over to where I was sitting. Lotti pulled a large standing magnifying glass and pointed it over my face.
"So, what I'm seeing, chica, is that you need eyebrows, upper lip and side-burns done today, okay?" and she turned to this metal pot that had wax dripping down it.
I felt my heartbeat begin to speed up.
"Is this going to take a long time, because I have an appointment with Frankie, err, I mean, Frank-Kay." I asked nervously, even though I wasn't any calmer when I thought about getting my hair styled.
"No, no time at all. Hey, you weren't kidding about the contacts!" I lifted my eyes and saw a distorted picture of her from my side of the huge magnifying glass. I felt that silence was the better part of valor.
"Okay, so sit back and relax and I'll have you outta here in no time, 'kay," I heard Lotti say.
And she was right. I was out of there in no time.
My upper lip was clear of fuzz as were the clumps of fuzz that had been in front of my ears.
But it was my eyebrows that reflected the sheer artistry of Lotti's work. I no longer looked like a Cave girl now that my 'uni-brow' was gone and Lotti's hot wax had given me the kind of eyebrows I saw on other women, the other women that I found myself looking at, admiring.
I was amazed at how such a small thing, with only the smallest moment of pain, made me look so different.
I stared at myself in the 10x magnification mirror and was completely stunned.
I reached in my bag and left Lotti a twenty dollar tip which made her eyes widened.
"Is that enough, Lotti? Sorry, this is my first time at doing this," I hoped I wasn't insulting her.
"No problema, chica," Lotti said, folding the bill and then inserting it into her deep, full cleavage. "I thank you for this, yes? But next time, either a five or a ten will do, okay?" And I was astounded that she moved towards me sitting sideways on her reclining chair and gave me a hug.
"Make an appointment with DeeDee for four weeks, yes? Since we don't know how fast your hair grows. Now shoo, Bonita Leila, and let Francisco do his magic on your hair, okay?"
I went back into the waiting area of the salon and sat down. Glancing at DeeDee's station I saw her looking my way with her mouth open.
"Holy crap!" she announced. "You're beautiful!"
"Thanks, DeeDee," I mumbled. "But it was Lotti."
"No, Lotti had something to work with, and she did a great job!" she said with a smile.
I just smiled back.
*.*.*.*.*
"So what do we want to accomplish today?" Frank-Kay asked me as I was finally seated in his chair.
I had been shampooed, twice, and had sat underneath a hair dryer with some kind of orange goo on my head for a good half-hour before being told I could, at long last, sit on the Throne of Frank-kay, as I was calling it in my head.
I was making a lot of changes at once: glasses to contacts, wookie to cookie with only the
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