Plot summary
Still in the hospital, Charlie asks Kirsten if he can leave Claudia and Owen to her if he dies. She wants to raise them, but Paul does not like children so much. Meanwhile, Claudia has been missing school for several weeks, and the school calls for a meeting. Bailey and Julia are so busy that they do not show up. As a result, Social Services are called and they pick up Claudia and Owen after they find both of them alone and unsupervised at the house. Claudia tells them that she and Owen are being neglected, and Julia and Bailey do the best they can to get them back.
Everybody is mad at Claudia for skipping school and soon after, Charlie, Bailey and Julia naturally begin to blame each other instead of blaming themselves for the predicament they are in. Julia and Griffin go to Social Services and offer to take care of Claudia and Owen and manage to get them released. Claudia confides in Julia about being very depressed and lonely. Elsewhere, Rosalie continues to flirt with Griffin, and kisses him.
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