Maisie comes to the village for her father's 50th birthday party. At the party, she kisses Andy Sugden, and later that evening, tells her family that her marriage is over, despite only marrying six weeks before. Her husband Tristan arrives to collect Maisie after Natasha calls him, unaware Maisie had previously left him. She tells Nathan that she is fed up of Tristan's precise and tidy behaviour but agrees to go home with him. Maisie begins dating Nikhil Sharma after realising that they have a mutual attraction to each other, and for a while they are happy together.