Madam Cypher watched her husband's facial expression change from a frown to enlightenment, and then to greed finally to joy...she watched all these silently. Finally he hugged her and whispered into her ears "you are just everything I need. I will get people to contact the school and start processing it. That little brat must leave today" madam Cypher acted coy, punching his chest with her little fist and then looking at him with watery eyes, "don't talk about our daughter that way" she looked annoyed and even rolled her eyes at her husband but to him that was pure seduction, she unleashed the beast in him once again and they started another round of fun. Deep into the night where some like Kahlan couldn't sleep at all, some were having fun.
In the morning, a short fat maid walked to Kahlan's room and opened it without knocking, she harshly shouted. "miss! madam and master are looking for you in the living room" banging door she haughtily walked off. Kahlan was still in the same position like last night with the picture in her arms and her blood stained hand that has now dried up, she was pretty much used to this treatment. staring into space with silent tears falling from her eyes she slowly stood up and made her way quietly to the living room.
Her father watched her with indifference as she walked down the stairs slowly "can you hurry up! I don't have all the time in the world to wait for snail like pace" he was irritated, she never does anything right. He couldn't wait to send her out of his sight, Phony sitting at the corner of the sofa was gloating at Kahlan's misfortune. Looking at her dispirited eyes that now had large dark circles under it, Phony smiled she couldn't be any happier. She looked like a zombie, walking to them she slowly sat on the sofa and waited silently. Mr Cypher cleared his throat and said "as you know your grandfather is dead" she had no reaction, he didn't care...he continued "we don't want you anywhere close to that man anymore so we are sending you to a school in Italy" she finally looked up, she looked so lifeless. "why" her voice was hoarse and painful to the ears. Mr Cypher frowned, "I'm not entertaining your silly questions, just know it's for your own good" "no i must bid grandpa good bye. at least let me stay till his funeral then you can send me where ever you want to" "You do not have a say in this, so keep quiet. if you are looking for a means to elope with that man, then you must be a fool" Kahlan fell silent again and spoke quietly "when am I leaving?" she was wrong, these people were not her family. Only grandpa was, is and will always be. As she thought about this, her soulless eyes were filled with tears threatening to fall "you are leaving for the airport in an hour" "what?!" Kahlan's face was filled with shock, an hour? am I that irritable to him...he just couldn't wait to send her off. Her heart was filled with disappointment, she just clocked eighteen a month ago, how was she going to cope in a foreign country with a foreign language. What was she to do? she wasn't even prepared mentally or physically. "K don't worry, I have already ordered a maid to prepare your stuffs so you just need to freshen up and you are good to go, I can't bear to send you off too but what if that man comes looking for you or even harms you, what should we do" madam Cypher consoled. Kahlan could only sob, she was tired. She wanted to end this miserable life of hers...she didn't even have evidence that what they were saying was false. She just had to swallow the humiliation. "Quickly get prepared, the driver is waiting outside" exclaimed her father without emotion, he snorted and walked off.