Esmè Jacobs left home at the age of sixteen. She wanted to make something of her life. She didn't count on ending up pregnant at seventeen and being the reason a relationship fell apart. Esmè returns to Rochdale to her parents. She brings with her two and a half year old Darcie-Grace. Esmè soon gets a job at Waterloo Road. She knows her younger sister is making wrong choices like she did. But can Esmè help her? When Esmè meets Max, she falls head over heels for him. But she can't get close to him. She's been too badly hurt in the past. Can Max give Esmè the love she seeks?