decides not to tell her that they know about her and Darren's argument and Frankie's subsequent argument. At Oscar's christening, Darren apologizes to Frankie, and they make up. At Tony Hutchinson's wedding to Cindy Longford, whose wedding is shared with Ste Hay and Doug Carter, a minibus driven by Maddie Morrison crashes into the venue. Frankie panics when she cannot find Tom; however, Jack tells her he is safe with the other children, who are being looked after by Annalise Appleton. Frankie survives the ordeal without any injuries and helps Ruby cope with the death of Maddie and Neil Cooper. The next day, Ruby's fiancée Jono dies in her arms after suffering undetected internal injuries from the crash and Jack and Frankie comfort her. Frankie accompanies Ruby and Esther to a memorial held at the college for Maddie, Neil, and Jono. Esther breaks down and insults Maddie and tells Maddie's mother Elizabeth about how Maddie bullied her. Frankie is furious and orders Esther to apologize to Elizabeth and is unwilling to listen to Esther's explanation. She is told by Ruby that Esther was in love with Maddie and believes this to be the reason Esther broke down at the memorial and does not believe Esther when she tells her that Ruby is lying. Frankie comforts Darren and Nancy when they find out Oscar is deaf, however, when Nancy angrily snaps at Charlie for trying to "help" Oscar by attempting to give him painkillers, Frankie chooses to comfort Charlie and tells Nancy she was wrong to shout at him. When Charlie subsequently runs away from home, she, along with Jack, Darren, Nancy, Callum Kane, and Seamus Brady go out to search for him. Charlie is taken to hospital and whilst having no serious injuries, the doctors decide to keep him for observation and both Nancy and Frankie volunteer to stay with him. Jack sends them home where Frankie snaps and begins arguing over how Nancy's treatment of Charlie almost caused her only grandchild to die. Esther is standing behind Frankie and, hurt, runs off. Nancy then states that Esther is Frankie's grandchild, not Charlie, and that Frankie has no right to tell her how to look after her child. Frankie then slaps Nancy. Frankie and Esther's relationship continues to become distant when Sinead O'Connor (Stephanie Davis) and Ruby bully Esther and turn Frankie against her. Esther eventually attempts suicide and is