Cindy knew very well that she wasn't Latham's biological daughter. If he decided to kick her out, she would have nowhere to go.
Her only option would be Lance's small apartment, but she was terrified of that!
Octavia was her only source of security!
If her mother couldn't get out, what would she do?
At that moment, Cindy realized that her biological mother was far more important than Fallon.
Fallon going to jail didn't really affect her.
She could still live a comfortable life.
But with Octavia locked up, her future would be an absolute mess.
"You're overthinking this. Whoever wants that title can have it."
Claire looked at Cindy as if she were an idiot.
"Do I look like I give a damn about the James family anymore?"
"And stop blaming me for everything. I don't have the power to make the police arrest Octavia for no reason."
"You don't need to panic so much. If she didn't commit a crime and is just assisting with the investigation, she should be released soon."
On the flip side, if Octavia had actually broken the law, it was highly unlikely she'd be coming out.
Claire guessed there was a hidden truth behind Fallon's car accident from years ago.
The dynamic between the two women was certainly something. Octavia used a car crash to kill Fallon's unborn child and ensured she could never get pregnant again.
In return, Fallon retaliated with another car accident, nearly taking the life of Octavia's son.
If she and Mary hadn't performed the surgery, Lance wouldn't have even kept his leg.
Seeing him in a wheelchair would have undoubtedly broken Octavia's heart.
The real root cause behind the endless feud between these two women was Latham.
Claire was genuinely puzzled as to why neither of them ever went straight after Latham.
Did they actually both love him that much?
"She definitely didn't do anything wrong..." Cindy said, though her words sounded incredibly forced.
Because when the police took Octavia away, she hadn't put up a fight at all.
She even told her to go find Wade, which proved that she had anticipated she might not be coming back.
"Whether she broke the law or not has nothing to do with me, so you don't need to explain it."
Claire was losing her patience.
She grabbed her things and walked further into the hospital.
Cindy bit her lip as she watched Claire walk away, completely at a loss for what to do.
She just felt that Claire was truly heartless.
She ran after her, not to catch up with Claire, but to head back to Lance's hospital room.
The two siblings figuring it out together would be better than her trying to handle it alone.
Lance was still recovering and couldn't a get out of bed, but
was no
y he'd just sit et
"way
watching his mother get taken away.
He had already called Latham, who promised to look into what case Octavia was involved in.
But he was still anxious. When he saw his sister return, Lance quickly asked, "Cindy, what exactly happened?"
Cindy shook her head, tears welling
in her eyes. "I don't know. They didn't
say when they took her, only then't
was related to a car accident
"An accident from years ago."
A flicker of recognition crossed Lance's gaze.
While Cindy was clueless, he actually knew a little about it.
He was a few years older than Cindy, and when Octavia was pregnant with her
second child, Lance was old enough to remember things.
He remembered Octavia being in a terrible mood for a while because some woman came to her claiming to be pregnant with Latham's child.
Later, that woman disappeared, Octavia successfully gave birth to his sister, and
Lance stopped paying attention to the whole ordeal.
But he had once eavesdropped on Octavia making a phone call.
Perhaps the accident had something to do with that conversation.