later, kate meets with sonny in an attempt to reconcile. soon after she is scouting a warehouse building for her magazine, when she is accidentally shot by sonny's son, michael corinthos (dylan cash). sonny finds her and she survives surgery. kate forgives michael for what happened. sonny attempts to leave organized crime, and kate accepts his marriage proposal. kate brings michael to sonny's coffee warehouse on sonny's request, where michael is shot by a stray bullet meant for sonny. sonny and kate attempt to marry, but kate is shot at the altar. kate's cousin olivia falconeri (lisa locicero), who had come to port charles to be her maid of honor, stays through her recovery and ends up moving to town. sonny sleeps with his ex-wife carly corinthos jacks on the way home from dropping off their son michael to his permanent care facility. kate learns the truth from jax, leading to her officially ending her relationship with sonny.