For the first few weeks everything proceeded smoothly and our home was filled with joy. Derek reliably collected Audrey three afternoons a week and brought her back late at night. She would rush into the house bursting with energy and eagerly demonstrate the complicated new routines she was learning. During one happy evening she casually mentioned that Derek’s daughter Mia had unfortunately failed to make the advanced ballet group. By the fourth week however a dark silence descended upon our house. Audrey abruptly stopped showing us her dance steps and left her expensive ballet shoes securely zipped inside her heavy bag. She began eating dinners alone in her bedroom and gave me nothing but brief dismissive answers whenever I tried to ask about her classes. She coldly informed me that she was skipping the upcoming spring recital audition because she felt unready to perform on stage. Over the next two weeks her behavior worsened into outright hostility and she angrily accused me of constantly trying to fix her life. Scott brushed off her drastic personality change as ordinary teenage moodiness but I knew deep down something was fundamentally wrong. My suspicions grew stronger when I witnessed Audrey desperately gripping Derek’s sleeve in our driveway and begging him to speak with me.
Shocking Reason My Teenage Daughter Abandoned Her Advanced Ballet Scholarship So Suddenly
