Alessa sent a blast of telekinetic energy towards his face. "No, silly, of course you can't leave!"
Then for the next hour (yes hour) she proceeded to read the Bible to herself, and obviously during this time ignored anything that Sal might have done. After exactly one hour, she put down the Bible, walked up to the table, and knelt down. "Sal? What if I told you that I really am in love with you?" There was nothing in her voice to betray that she was bullshitting.