River couldn't help but smile at the woman who had spoken up. Once he was about to walk off with an Alyssa who was definitely coming, he turned, winked at the woman, and mouthed thank you. She earned it, because he was definitely going to make an even bigger scene should she have put up more of a fight.
Once they were outside, he rushed her into the cab. He spouted off an address to the driver, thinking that was a restuarant that they'd surely have to wait in line to get in, but it wasn't too fancy that you had to have a reservation.