Back to Thornberry mansion in England. A policeman came forward with two young girls and a chimpanzee and he rang the bell. The door was opened, and a young woman wearing a black dress and a white apron appeared through and she asked "Can I help you?" and policeman asked politely "Is this where the Thornberry's live?".
The maid than replied nicely "Yes, shall I ask Mrs. Thornberry to come?" and he replied "Yes, please" and she held a finger while saying "Wait here for a moment, sir" and she left.
Suddenly after some time, in the doorway was shown the a figure of an old woman wearing a black suit and holding a tissue in one hand to dry out her tears. When the policeman saw this he said "I suppose that means you heard about your son".
She immediately dropped her tissue and asked sharply "What? No I don't know. What happened?". The policeman said in confusion "Excuse me ma'am but I assumed you knew, since I just saw you crying". Mrs. Thornberry than replied in a snobbish way "Actually, I'm crying because my husband died two months ago. Now what's this about my son? I'm sure that irresponsible wife of his had something to do with this or his uncivilized daughters. I adviced them that, that so-called life of theirs isn't suitable for-"
But the policeman interrupted her before she could finish "Your son was found dead along with his wife Marianne Thornberry". Cordelia's eyes widened and felt her feet get wobbly all of a sudden, that she had to sit down on an armchair to risk not falling. Debbie and Eliza both ran to their grandma to make sure she's okay and the policeman asked her "Are you okay, Mrs. Thornberry?"
Than she asked caringly "What happened to my son?" and he thought about it for a while, to gather all the little information they have on what happened "Well, it seems that the comvee blew up with the heat caused by the sun with Nigel and Marianne Thornberry inside. We believe that's what caused their death" but Eliza soon interfered "That's not true, mum and dad where shot" and Debbie continued "Yeah, and the comvee was blown up not by the sun it wasn't even daytime when this happened".
Cordelia than turned to them, furiously "Deborah, Elizabeth it's not nice to make up stories. Especially at a time like this, you truly are uncivilized" and the policeman added "Yes, well now that the children lost their parents you're their only legal guardian"
Cordelia didn't like that one bit "That's preposterous, I'm too old to raise those two. Do you have any idea how much time it would take me to get them properly civilized? Can't you send them to a boarding school, isn't that your job?"
By Cordelia's sudden response the policeman blinked and replied blankly "No ma'am so what should I do with them? You're the only relative they have left"
"Actually, come to think of it Deborah is a little civilized. I'll keep her, and Elizabeth will be sent to my old friend's son. Bruce Wayne".
"What? No one's taking my baby sister away" Debbie said in anger but Mrs. Thornberry had already made up her mind, so two guards dragged Eliza away from her sister.
While Eliza was on her plane to Gotham city with a guard watching her to make sure she doesn't take another flight back to England. Eliza kept replaying her recent events; the chills she felt down her spine when the comvee was set on fire and watched her only home get destroyed, Donnie dying in such a horrific manner and the pain she felt when she watched her parents being shot but that pain was nothing compared to when her own grandmother sent her away from the only family she had left to be sent to some stranger.
One of the guards asked Cordelia "Mrs. Thornberry, What should we do with the monkey?" Cordelia looked questioningly at him "You can't be serious. Just throw it in a zoo or something"
"Please grandma reconsider, I mean Eliza can be properly civilized. Please grandma" Debbie begged her grandmother as tears started welling in her eyes.
"Deborah, I thought I told you to go to your room" Cordelia said in a hoarse voice. Debbie couldn't take it anymore so she just spoke her mind "You can't order me around, you're not my mum and my name is Debbie"
"Deborah, for this kind of behavior I'm afraid you're going to have to be punished. One month no television, music or magazines for you young lady"
Debbie felt like all the doors had been closed in her face and was suddenly stuck in prison. She couldn't hold back the tears any longer and when the first tear dropped to the ground, Debbie ran away to her room and collapsed on her bed, crying.
Mrs. Thornberry went upstairs and walked to Debbie's room and locked her in her room to think about her actions.