"I took your arm. I didn't even have a firm grip. You could have pulled away easily at any moment. Besides, I can talk about your father any way I want. He charged me for the lunch, so it was more business than him being a good Samaritan,l. So I didn't owe him a thing. And I don't know him so I don't know his character. I saw you were scared of him though. You can't lie and say you weren't. "


He almost mentioned his own brutal past, but he wouldn't give this angry woman an ounce of power over him. 

"My words and intent were harmless, maybe an attack at character at best. You tried to have me beaten."