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Not quite expecting that this will
be the way that we would end our several seasons together.
But we will not be coming back next week.
The girls will compete next week,
but they're not going to compete under ALDC.
We're bringing in a new choreographer.
Thank you for a great platform.
But we will not be continuing.
We thought we had said our goodbyes
three weeks ago when you left.
We thought that was closure.
Right.
We moved on.
And it's too hard to kind of go backwards.
So--
Well, that's good.
What's the matter?
[inaudible] Because it's hard.
It's hard for me.
Because you have done a lot for Kalani.
And I know you adore her.
But you said your goodbye and you left them.
For three weeks.
And we didn't think you were ever coming back.
And a lot--
Well, they leave all the time too.
MOTHER: No, they don't.
You left about two years ago when those two
little ones walked in.
You were done with our kids.
You said you didn't want them. - Well, you feel that way.
I don't.
No, Abby, we feel that way because you said it.
And the children--
No.
--felt that way.
What you probably don't realize
is that in your delivery, some of the things that you've
said over the years hurt the kids in profound ways
that none of us ever expected.
We didn't know.
We didn't know until you were gone and they had--
A release.
--purged themselves of the--
MOTHER: [inaudible]
--fact that you might come back.
Because you said you were finished.
I think they learned a lot about
themselves from your three-week hiatus, vacation, absence.
ABBY: For that to be OK--
So I think the most important thing, really,
is that they did a lot of soul-searching and a lot
came out from that experience.
I think the biggest issue for me,
that my coming back would be a bad thing.
Kendall, from the day she walked in to the studio,
I thought this kid's face has to be somewhere.
It's here.
I don't know if you would've been able to do
this for Kendall without me.
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But why is it about you?
What about our kids?
That's what I did.
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But I spent a lot of money.
You guys didn't.
Nobody did it.
Do you regret it?
Oh, I regret everything.
ABBY: I regret it.
Well, I'm sorry you have regrets.
You're the one who taught our kids--
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MOTHER: Don't live with regrets.
I know.
I teach by poor example.
Don't make the same mistakes I made.
So--
Do you want these kids to dance with you?
Because I think they don't feel wanted, Abby.
Of course, I do.
I don't even want to start that conversation.
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It's the end.
MOTHER: My-- This is it.
I never dreamed in a million years--
I'm not going to stabbed in the back.
Whoo--
Oh, OK.
But I never--
[inaudible] a lot.
All right, thank you for your time, Abby.
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Neither did we.
We didn't either.
Well, I'll let you--
We didn't either.
--out with your team.
Thank you, Abby.
MOTHER: What's going on?
MOTHER: Why are you crying?
They were just letting me know that they won't
be dancing with me ever again.
If you love something, set it free, right?