`` hey , girl , what planet are you from ? at the pain she saw in those clear , bright eyes . `` what would you do if you woke up tomorrow to find your dad had been murdered ? what on earth are you doing living there ? `` that 's very kind , thanks , '' i said instead . i was just trying to make it simple . fifteen minutes later , she was angry . *** in the car , on the way home from lauries . the result of a very active imagination . 