He sort of gave a sheepish half-smile and Take it back Houston Astros shirt. The little girls were so startled by me nearly standing over them, they shut up. Then, one of them opened her mouth to tentatively crank it up again. I relaxed into the peaceful quiet, at last, and began reading my magazine. Suddenly, the mother was threateningly leaning over me from the aisle, right in my face with an ugly snarl. How dare you accost my children! I was in the legal profession and well understood what would constitute assault. I wouldn’t take the bait. I just put my magazine up next to my head to block her out. This enraged her more, so she attacked me and slapped the magazine away while yelling obscenities at me. She scratched my arm in the process.