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I stepped out into the cold and dark, hoping to see the glow of Lexie in the shadows

No sign of her outside

I went back inside, opened the gate we’d built on the stairs leading up to the workshop so no one went up there and took the stairs two at a time

No sign of her upstairs in the workshop

I knew Of course I knew I’d known the second I said “Fix you” The second I believed she needed to change to fit intoto fit into hers

She was gone

I came back down the stairs only to find the show over ande

“Where’s Lexie?” Ben asked “Did she see? They did so good!”

“I’m not sure where she went,” I said to Ben and then lied because I couldn’t break his heart “But I’m sure she saw She’s so proud of all of you”

Ben’s mom met my eyes and I could see her sympathy in there

Yep, I thought I blew it

I collapsed next to my dad

“That was so the tears froood speech by you, too I don’t knohat video you were talking about”

“That’s for the best, probably”

“I figured”

“She’s gone, Dad She left”

“Where’d she go?”

“Vegas, I iine Home”

Dad turned and looked at ot mad But he was pissed “What did you do?”