Her mother is forced to move her children from their childhood home without her husband's wages to support them.
Struck with grief at his mother's death, Fiona's younger brother Charlie runs away and is found dead in the Thames.
Fiona and her little brother Seamie are taken in by their family friend, Roddy O'Meara, who lived with them in the previous home.
When she flees, she met someone name Nick Soames, and they pretended to be a couple due to the fact Fiona could not get a ticket for her and Seamie.
Michael was in debt with the bank and had to close his shop, but Fiona decides to open it up and start business along with the help of their neighbors.