Our first day in tinsel town was nothing but chaos. She held onto my arm tightly as we went from place to place exploring. She was in awe of her surroundings, using the new digital camera I’d bought her to snap away.

I’d opened up a bank account for her and given her an allowance which she hardly ever got to use anyway since I liked buying her things myself, so she was going to buy gifts for her family back home with some of the money she made. Which meant she dragged me into ...