"I didn't want her to go off the rails again, if you make someone unlikable because they're leaving you end up not caring they're going! I feel death was the only option in order to be true to them." The character's last scenes aired on 5 March 2019. Sonya is informed that her cancer has spread and her condition quickly deteriorates during a road trip with her family. As she watches her children at the beach, Sonya dies in her husband's arms. On 7 December 2019, it was announced that Morey would make a cameo appearance. Sonya appears in a video message that Toadie watches as he spends his first New Years without Sonya. The message then inspires Toadie to honour Sonya and find more ways of bringing her values into Nell and Hugo's lives. The character's appearance aired on 1 January 2020. Storylines Sonya comes to Ramsay Street to assess the progress of a guide dog puppy being trained by Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) and his son Callum Jones (Morgan Baker). Sonya offers to give Toadie and Callum some private lessons to help with the puppy's training. Toadie asks Sonya out, but she turns him down, telling him she does not date clients. Toadie comes to believe Sonya is romantically involved with his friend Lucas Fitzgerald (Scott Major), when he sees them together, but Sonya admits that she is actually Lucas's sponsor at Gamblers Anonymous. Sonya agrees to go on a date with Toadie and they begin a relationship. However, it comes to a sudden end when Toadie tells Sonya that he is back together with Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner). Sonya tells Toadie she loves him, but he rejects her. Lucas uses Sonya to make Toadie jealous, causing a brief rift between them. Sonya relapses and visits a racing track, before going to a club and getting drunk. Libby Kennedy (Kym Valentine) takes her home to Lucas and Sonya tells him she will sort herself out. Sonya decides to move to Perth with her new boyfriend David Foster. Steph then tells Sonya that her upcoming wedding to Toadie is a sham to cover up the fact that she is carrying Libby's estranged husband Dan's child. Sonya agrees to wait for Toadie, and they begin dating again. Sonya moves in with Toadie and Callum. Her sister, Jade Mitchell (Gemma Pranita), comes to visit, but Sonya is keen to get rid