Octavia Merchant

"And Dave's friendships do tend to - how shall I put this? - wander south of the belly button." - Gus describing his discomfort at Octavia's closeness to Dave.

Octavia Merchant is the daughter of Sir Roysten Merchant who is forced to compete with her siblings for a share in the inheritance. She visited Globelink News on one occasion and began dating Dave Charnley. This worried Gus and George who feared Dave would dump Octavia or cheat on her, arousing the wrath of Sir Roysten, and encouraged Dave to dump her. Instead, this had an opposite effect and Sir Roysten called to complain that a Globelink employee had cold-shouldered his daughter. Gus proceeded to officially intervene, rescheduling the couple's cancelled date over Dave's protests.

Th exact nature of Octavia's relationship with Lady Caroline Merchant is never defined, so she could be either her daughter or step-daughter.