tells Fran not to contact her again and leaves visibly distressed. Nancy is being watched by an unknown person who reveals herself to be Fran's daughter Brooke Hathaway (Tylan Grant). Brooke tells Nancy that she needs to forgive Fran because she is dying. Darren is against the idea but Nancy goes to see her anyway. Nancy confronts Fran and Fran apologises and explains that she was a bad person back then and reveals that Brooke is autistic. Later, Brooke asks Nancy if Becca would want her to forgive Fran and Nancy says she would just as Fran dies. Nancy is concerned over Brooke's welfare and decides to foster her but Darren doesn't agree. They are forced to tell Charlie what happened to Becca after Brooke tells him. Nancy and Darren argue and Darren decides they should split up. Darren meets up with Mandy and they decide to run away together just as Nancy suffers an MS attack and is rushed to hospital. Nancy reveals to Darren and Jack that she will be in a wheelchair for a while. Darren packs his bags and leaves a note for Nancy but after she breaks down in front of him, Darren decides to stay with her and breaks up with Mandy. During an argument with Mandy, she reveals her affair with Darren. Nancy slaps Mandy and goes home to confront Darren. She arrives home but Brooke's social worker turns up unexpectedly. Nancy and Darren are officially aloud to foster Brooke and Nancy tells Darren that she knows about his affair. Darren begs for Nancy's forgiveness but she demands a divorce. Darren acts out a scene from Nancy's favourite book hoping to win her back and Nancy considers forgiving him. However, she walks in on him and Mandy kissing and enlists Sienna's help in ruining Darren's life. Darren and Mandy begin a proper relationship and Sienna and Kyle take Nancy out. Nancy kisses Kyle to make Darren jealous and he punches Kyle. Nancy calls the police and Darren is arrested but Sienna convinces her to change her statement. Nancy sabatages Luke's son, Oliver Morgan's (Aedan Duckworth), welfare meeting and when Mandy threatens to tell Sally St. Claire (Annie Wallace), Nancy fakes an MS attack. At the hospital, Nancy confesses to Charlie that she faked it. Darren later calls round and he and Nancy begin to have sex but he refrains and Nancy furiously admits