Film directors stated that the time between her press conference and when she solved the Nighthowler case, was three months, and that she spent the majority of the time on the ZPD force. My guess is she only quit for one, maybe two weeks.



That said, this scene fits perfectly in that time frame as I can see her responding to an incident at the ice cream shop where she first met Nick in that time frame, and this is the immediate aftermath of that, because that ice cream shop reminded her of what she lost.



Well done.