Kate performed every day of her life. Every day, Kate convinced the world she was okay, manipulated teachers into believing that her home life was healthy, lied outright to CPS, but for someone who performed every day of her life, she was a very bad performer as soon as she had to get up on a stage.
See, it’s when people know she’s performing that she gets squirrely. For Kate, a successful performance means she is the only one who knows she is doing it.