"Really? For the first three months all I did was wait for people to show up. Well. Richard and my friend Nic. Then he showed up when I didn't expect him to any longer." And after she admitted her feelings about him honestly. Which may have been why he'd actually shown up was something that she'd thought about more than a few times.

But there's something in his expression that makes Alex frown, and she reached over and out her hand on his before she asked. "Would it be a bad thing if someone did show up from home?" Alex may or may not have a list of those she'd rather not so she gets that too.