After one year, she finally was returned to her father. Social workers feared he might still psychologically abuse her, but with Hsiao Ju now in elementary school and her re-married mother coming once a week to see her, they thought the danger should be much less.
家暴中心社工員無奈地說，返家後的小如可能還會遭到父親精神上的虐待，但小如已就讀小學，再婚的媽媽每星期也會去看她一次，危險性應該可以大大降低。