You need to have your injuries checked. Have you gone to a hospital? Wait...did she try anything you didn't like?

[It's a good rule. Not everyone is comfortable with that.]

No, you are not sleeping on the street in December when I am offering you a perfectly nice place to stay. It's okay, we don't have a lot of space but there's a guest room.

Shinjiro is right, Arelene needs to understand you are still work in progress, so to speak.