How did Esme come to think Ryan is her birth father now, and why is he letting her believe he is? Is it all a part of a sick and twisted cover story to keep Jeff’s reputation intact, or was Ryan a happy accident Esme stumbled upon and he rolled with it just to have someone that would do his bidding? Ryan was nowhere to be found, because Ryan isn’t actually Esme’s birth father. Why not? Where was Ryan? General Hospital Spoilers - Ryan Chamberlain Isn’t Esme Price’s Dad Heather didn’t have anyone to help her bring her daughter up. It was best to let someone else share Esme - and a couple, at that.

Heather knew she couldn’t care for another child after Steven Webber (Scott Reeves). Years ago when Heather gave birth to Esme, it was Jeff who played doctor to her and helped her facilitate the secret adoption that left no record of where Esme came from. GH Spoilers -Tease Jeff Webber Played Doctor