 Abby's aunt, Maggie Horton, and Jack push her to not go out with Max.When Max tells Abby that he wants to stay friends and not pursue a relationship with her, she gets in a fight with him and leaves Salem to spend the summer with her family in London and doesn't return.In March 2011, Abigail surprises her mother when she returns to Salem and expresses her dismay for her father Jack's absence.