Sam hadn’t known about Cindy, hadn’t even had a clue that he was a father, until his ex-live-in-girlfriend Kathleen had shown up with Cindy in tow, and dropped the bomb. DNA tests confirmed that Kathleen was a snake and a b***h and a cheater, but not a liar (about paternity, anyway), and Sam had moved Kathleen and Cindy in with him, worked to figure out how to make it work. And Annie had stepped aside and back from the relationship with Sam – and effectively ended things between them. She’d wanted to give Sam a chance to work things out with Kathleen, if it was at all possible, and she’d wanted him to get to know his daughter. She hadn’t wanted to be a distraction, so she’d removed herself from the situation completely.
When Kathleen had taken off one day – just walked out and abandoned C
