Julia：“I don’t know if you’d call this 'disastrous' in your culture, but our mother was murdered when I was five and she was only two. Maybe you’ve heard of it, or maybe not—you don't look that old; you were probably little back then, or not even born yet. There was a serial killer who targeted couples back in the days, and my mom and her boyfriend was killed during their date.（不知道在你们的文化里我们这算不算是天崩开局。我们妈妈在我5岁她两岁的时候就被杀害了。可能你听说过，不过或许也没有，你看上去也没多大，估计你那时候也很小或者还没出生。当时有一个专杀情侣的连环杀手，我妈妈就和她当时男朋友在一次约会中被选中了。）”
黎鸦：“Random killing?（随机杀人吗？）”
Julia：“Completely random.（完全随机。）”
黎鸦：“Has he been caught?（现在被抓到了吗？）”
Julia：“Not yet. But he went dormant these years. My mom was the third from the last, at least in the cases reported. After she passed, we moved in with our biological father, but he was already married and they’d just had a son.（还没有。不过后来他也没再犯过案。我妈妈是倒数第三个，至少在被报道出来的案子里是这样。我妈妈死后，我们就和我们的生父一起生活了，但是他当时已经结婚了，甚至他们也刚刚有了自己的儿子。)”
黎鸦：“Was she bad to you？（你们继母对你们不好吗？）”
Julia：“I don't think we can really complain and I never think Susan is a bad person. It’s a lot to ask of a stepmother. She had just started her own family and all of a sudden had to accept two kids from her husband’s previous relationship. Our dad was a construction worker, working non-stop to provide for a family of five, so Susan was the one raising us. She was also working from home as a customer service rep while caring for our little brother. You could tell she just had no energy left for us. We were fed and had a roof over our heads, what's more to ask?（我觉得我们没有办法抱怨，我到现在都不觉得Susan是一个坏人。一个继母能够做到她这种程度应该也是很不容易了。你想想，她刚刚有自己的孩子，但是却不得不接受两个跟她完全没有关系的、还是自己丈夫上一段关系中留下的孩子。我们爸爸是一个建筑工，工作很忙，要养活我们一家四口，所以平时就由继母照顾我们；她自己呢，一边要照顾弟弟，一边在家兼职着电话客服的工作补贴家用，所以你能感受到她没有时间和精力来给我们更多的爱。我们一路以来有饭吃、有地方睡其实真的不算艰难。）”
Josia：“Oh then why did you still leave if you were so grateful?（哦既然你这么感恩，你怎么还是离开了呢？）”
Julia：“She's still mad at me for that. She always feels like I ditched her.（她还在怨我。她总觉得我把她抛弃了。）”
Josia：“Uh you kinda did.（呃，你就是。）”
Julia：“No. Susan was diagnosed with uremia and couldn't work anymore at that time, and money was tight because of her treatment so I figured if I went out to work and Josia moved to the living room, we could rent out our bedroom. It was really a way to bring in more money, but she doesn't get it.（不是。那时Susan生病了，得了尿毒症，她没有办法工作，再加上治疗要用到钱，我们的生活太拮据了。如果我出来工作，Josia睡客厅，那我们的房间就可以空出来出租，一下可以多出两份经济来源，但是她不懂。）”
Josia：“I wanted to leave with her.（我想和她一起离开。）”
Julia：“But she was only starting high school. I told her she had to at least finish that. I said, 'If you want to come find me later, you can.'（但是她那时才刚上高中，我说至少也要把高中读完。我说如果到时候你想来找我你可以来找我。）”