Richard Morgan was a married man who had an affair with Kate Patrick in 1998. On the day of her mother Jill's wedding to Jack Osborne, Kate introduced Richard to her family - shocking them with the revelation that he was considerably older than herself. A few weeks later, Kate's brother Sol Patrick discovered that Richard was actually married, but Kate eventually forgave him. Faced with an ultimatum, he then made plans to leave his wife to be with Kate, but failed to do so, leaving Kate heartbroken.