Another day, another time, Nathan might have considered both sides of the innocent versus devious argument, but right now all he saw was devious. What more, it annoyed him she was trying to play this down as though she hadn't actually done it. If he'd wanted to talk to her, he would have sought her out, and he hadn't. He knew that she knew that and obviously that desire of his wasn't good enough for her.
The grumpy expression deepened. "I think my meaning's pretty clear," he said, jaw working in agitation, "since I just called you on it specifically. This isn't the mansion, Ma, you don't get to go around locking people in rooms to make them do whatever you want them to do."