As former EastEnders actress Mimi Keene returns to our screens as Ruby in the final hit series of Sex Education on Netflix, many fans have been left wondering whatever happened to her Walford alter ego, Cindy Williams,.
However, he wanted nothing to do with the newborn and instead sent her to live with her maternal grandmother, Bev Williams and her aunt Gina Williams in Devon. However, despite his best intentions, Cindy was far from an easy person to live with, as the troubled teen was caught stealing money from Phil Mitchell and even won the Miss Teen Vic beauty pageant after fraudulently rigging the votes with the help of Patrick Trueman.
Cindy and TJ then decided to raise their baby together, despite initial concern from both families about the duo being too young and immature to handle the pressures of parenthood. Cindy later returned to attend Lucy's funeral but when Ian tried to make amends, she reminded him that she knew he was lying about his alibi the night Lucy died.
Struggling with the loss of independence and the sudden influx of responsibilities, Cindy began to entertain the idea of giving her baby girl away to be raised by someone else, with Ian and his wife Jane Beale offering to adopt Beth and raise her as their own. Heartbroken by the perceived rejection, she contemplated leaving Albert Square for good, after feeling as though she was unwanted and unloved by all of the people in her life.