text: Cindy runs to be local councilor along with Simone. The feud gets intense so Dirk and Louis Loveday (Karl Collins) arrange a peacemaking lunch. Cindy brings up Simone's past and squirts ketchup over her. At another election, Simone calls Cindy a bipolar mess and throws water over her. Cindy and Dirk decide to get a lodger and Ds Armstrong and Milo Entwistle (Nathan Morris) both want to move in. The next day, Cindy is delighted when Nick is sent to prison for raping Holly and Ellie Nightingale (Sophie Porley) Cindy allows Armstrong to move in after he helps Holly through the trial. Having previously stalked Leela Lomax (Kirsty Leigh Porter), Armstrong begins stalking Cindy. Cindy is upset when someone begins trolling her on the internet, unaware it is Armstrong. When Dirk has to go to America, Armstrong promises to take care of Cindy. Armstrong convinces Cindy to do a talk about powerful women in Liverpool. However Holly is against the idea, but he manages to persuade Cindy to do it and Cindy is unaware that there is no conference. Armstrong offers to escort Cindy to the conference and while there alone in the hotel room, Armstrong tries to kiss Cindy but she refrains. Cindy decides to forget about the kiss and when she is in the bathroom, she gets a call from Leela warning her about Armstrong. He notices Cindy acting strange and grabs her but Cindy knees him in the groin. He chases her through the corridors but she is greeted by Leela and Milo. Armstrong disappears but is later caught. Cindy struggles to cope in the aftermath of her ordeal with Armstrong. Dirk worries about Cindy's health when she is convinced that Armstrong is watching her. Cindy imagines Armstrong standing over and screams but Dirk sees nobody there. Cindy is annoyed when Yasmine Maalik (Haeisha Mistry) wants to write an article on her but Cindy doesn't allow it. Cindy starts getting strange phonecalls from someone who she suspects is Armstrong but turns out to be Yasmine. Cindy is scared when she hears an intruder and attacks them with a brush but the intruder is revealed to be Mandy. Mandy reveals that she has kidnapped her daughter from care and is arrested after Milo calls the police.