text: Milo returns to the garage where it is revealed he is keeping Cindy chained up. Cindy begs him to leave her go but he insists that his secret must be kept safe. She tries to gain his trust by telling him about Browning and Milo decides to leave her go but when she sees a toy axe in his bag, she panics and texts Tom. An angry Milo tells Cindy that she betrayed his trust and leaves her locked up. Milo intercepts Cindy's text before Tom can see it. Cindy manages to break free and tries to break down the door but Milo comes in. Realising he can't trust her, he tells her there will have to be one more accident before forcing her into the car. He drives Cindy to a scrapyard and lifts the car into the air using a crane. Holly, Tom and Liberty discover that Milo killed Helen and  Gordon and they track down Milo. Cindy falls out of the car and clings onto the edge. Milo, Holly, Tom and Liberty hold a blanket and Cindy falls safely onto the blanket. Tom confronts Milo but the car falls and Milo pushes Tom out of the way and Milo is crushed by the car.
  In September 2018, Cindy refuses to let Mac move in when Alfie begs her to. However, Mac manipulates her into letting him move in. When Cindy returns from Spain, she is horrified to discover that Mac let prostitute Donna-Marie Quinn (Lucy-Jo Hudson) move in but Mac convinces her once again to let Donna-Marie stay. Cindy teams up with Marnie to get rid of Donna-Marie. Cindy trashes the emporium and plants Donna-Marie's purse at the scene. Alfie is furious when he finds out that Cindy robbed the emporium and makes her apologise to Donna-Marie. Mac starts replacing Cindy's bipolar medication with vitamins and makes her believe that Dirk is haunting her. Donna-Marie berates Cindy over this and Cindy punches her. Donna-Marie calls the police and Cindy is arrested. A concerned Alfie convinces Cindy to go to the hospital and while she there, Mac tricks her into signing over the house to him.
  Character creation and casting
  The character of Cindy was created in the early days of the show, and is one of the original members of the Cunningham family.