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In September, a sign went up outside of Myths and Maidens, the store Debbie owns.

They're closing for good after more than 20 years in business.

Everything's 50% off.

I'm just going to use the space for something else.

Debbie says she tried to find someone to buy the business from her.

But nothing worked out.

She may turn it into a home office.

I have had a couple of people ask me, but I've got other uses for the space, you know,

so.

The social media posts, the Yelp reviews, hurt business here. She admits that.

But Debbie's been thinking of closing the store for a while now.

Her husband passed away a few years ago. I get the sense it just hasn't been as fun to run the shop since then.

So the closing has nothing to do with the situation with the cat?

Oh my goodness. You want to know something?

The cat was a beautiful thing that happened in our life.

We met a beautiful creature and I'll never let what happened with Rose taint that.

So if I want to close a store down and somebody wants to believe that it's because of the cat,

knock yourself out, okay?

Do whatever makes you feel good.

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