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And so it went until the neighbors gathered at Alexa's house at supper time to taste her new creations. All of this went unnoticed by Alexa's father for years, as he worked until nine or later each evening. All of the neighbors had cleared out by the time he got home. It's not that Alexa hid her talent or nightly dinner parties from her father on purpose, he just never asked and it seemed to slip Alexa's mind every time her father walked in the door. She cooked breakfast for him each morning and kindly gave him a lunch to take with him to the hardware store, but he didn't seem to want to hear about it when Alexa discovered a great new recipe for mango salsa soup or........