cecil was a magical doll who came to life, created by cracked connie to be her boyfriend. tabitha lenox, the town witch, disliked the two dolls, however, in part because she was mourning the loss of her doll-turned-real boy, timmy. connie and cecil quickly became a nuisance and told charity standish that her boyfriend, miguel lopez-fitzgerald, had slept with her cousin, kay bennett, before stealing money from tabitha and skipping town.