in recent months she 'd gotten used to handling everything herself , to never asking anyone for help , but there had been a time , back before everything that had happened to her family , when her father and brother had looked out for her . i turned to him , my eyes feeling like they were bulging out of my head . it 's hard to see it from here . '' he scowled-how the hell was he getting her out of the dress then ? he 'd tell her a thousand times a day . 