I have grown to really dislike the classless Connie bimbo and frankly I do not want a Connie meltdown that sucks Sonny into feeling sorry for her. I want her gone period. If she is having such a hard time dealing with the rape, all the more reason she needs to go get help, not pity from Sonny down the road.
As I recall with Vicki on OLTL, Nicki came back a number of times. How do we know, even if Kate returns, that Connie won't pop back out from time to time. In Sonny's business she could do a lot of harm. That's a problem if not addressed. I think they will claim to integrate them but that is seldom how it works.