kate was born here in bailey but she never actually spent much time in this town until she came back two months ago. you see kate only stayed here until she was entering high school and then her parents sent her away to boarding school and she was only ever in bailey for holidays where she spent them alone 'cause her parents were never around. that's why she decided to move to new york after her graduation and she went to school for fashion designing and started her line the day she left design school. a year after that she was well known in the fashion world and had already been a part of fashion week. two years ago kate finally opened up her own store that sold only her designs and ran the store until her life changed two months ago. kate found out she was pregnant and freaked out 'cause she didn't think she was ready to be a mom. she ended up having an abortion and when she told her boyfriend he broke up with her. kate started drinking excessively after that and continuously dreaming about the baby that could have been. after that kate decided she couldn't handle new york anymore and came back here. the truth was she just couldn't handle what she'd done and ran away from it even though it haunts her. no one in bailey knows that kate was pregnant or that she had an abortion.