[Oh, guess who wasn't touching the Isaac/Allison thing with a hundred foot pole? He'd seen that look at Deaton's and he'd seen the way Scott had reacted. Yeah, he'd been cool with it there, but that was after a summer and a few months of school to get used to the idea of not being with her. Here? It would kill him.]

Yeah, yeah. Your mom's okay. My dad's okay. Allison and Isaac are okay. We're fine, Scott. Before I came back here, things were actually... good. Finally. Oh, but...

[He looked down at his feet, twisting his toe into the ground before looking back up at Scott.]

Your dad's back in town.