She was in the prime of her youth but was treated like a servant--she started to suspect that she was adopted, and that that was the reason her mother would tell people she was ugly and slap her around at times. Looking at her blistered hands, she'd ask herself, "Could it really be like this for the rest of my life?"
一個荳蔻年華的少女，卻天天被使喚操勞，廖輝英開始懷疑自己是「養女」，才會有這樣經常人前人後說她長得醜，還不時一巴掌揮來的母親。看著因搓洗衣物脫皮紅腫的雙手，她自問，「難道我一輩子都要這樣過下去嗎？」