"Motherly love" was a guise for control, though sometimes real feelings slipped through and left Liao with mixed emotions. Even now she feels the hurt, but after reflecting on the past for such a long time, she's getting over it.
母親以愛為名的宰制，以及在宰制中仍偶爾流露的真情母性，矛盾地交纏著，廖輝英雖然迄今仍時時憶起傷痛往事，但也在屢次回首中逐漸釋懷。