early 2020 would work great for what i'm thinking! i definitely wanted it to be more recent than not, and to play around with finding a groove as she attempts to smooth things over and re-friend her ex - because he liked him, but didn't want to marry him in the end. what if she's not a gold digger but he's still suspicious that she is? with the timing of trying to come back into his life post-sale, it would definitely seem suspicious, and while alex had always seemed pretty... dumb and "what you see is what you get", she's also prone to these moments of being very calculated and smart if she chooses to be