It's admittedly not the best invitation he's ever extended to someone but then again, he hasn't invited many people over in the first place. He's actually rethinking the whole thing now but he's already gone and done it so it hardly seems appropriate to tell her he's changed his mind.

"Well, thank you for the apology all the same," he says. She isn't the first to have a hand in bringing up stuff and she won't be the last; in fact, Spencer does it enough all on his own, considering the scene of the crime is directly on the other side of the house. Still, he can appreciate that she's trying to be sensitive about it.

He steps aside, holding the door open wider for her. "Call it a welcome to the neighborhood."