Yes, after all, she might be available.

Ethan waits until the woman is right next to him and asks, "May I carry that sack for you?" The woman has just had some hoodlums pull at her clothes and doesn't know about Ethan. Is he a pervert? A thief?

The Peurto Rican woman pulls out a hat pin and points it menacingly at him. He tries to explain that he's just trying to help. The bag starts to slip and the woman drops her hat pin.

Ethan again offers to carry the sack. Since he didn't attack her, the woman thinks he might be OK. The woman agrees and hands him the sack. She picks up her hat pin and points Ethan towards her apartment building. They reach the building and the Peuto Rican woman tries to take her groceries back from him. Ethan offers to carry them up to her apartment, but she refuses.