"Um, no. I suppose not," Alex said, a little startled by his sudden appearance, but a bit thankful for the distraction nonetheless. She mentally pulled herself together, sitting up a little straighter, trying to pull her thoughts away from the murder and on to something else.
"How have you been distracting yourself?" she asked, more intentionally perusing the menu, forcing herself to come up with a decision. "I mean, it's a nice hotel and all, but there are only so many times you can go to the spa or whatever." And only so many times you could afford it, she added silently, though she didn't verbalize that thought.