maybe she felt self conscious going there in the first place and felt it would have caused more disruption to come sit in the audience rather than being unobtrusive in the back.
leaving early - i dunno -- she is avoiding something and my bet is that it's not you.
hang in. xoxo
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"Someone I loved once gave me A box full of darkness. It took me years to understand, That this too, was a gift." ~ Mary Oliver