"I still can't believe what you took away that poor autistic kid's chalk!" Natalie scolded him.
"It's unsanitary! What kind of parent lets a child sit on a sidewalk?" He countered.
"Didn't you notice that he was doing advanced math?" Natalie asked. "It's a good thing you're weren't around when Einstein was working on his theories."
"He was sitting on the ground!" Monk raised his voice. "And writing crookedly!"
"Who's that ?" Zoe, while enjoying a shake at the Cafe Diem, wondered inwardly, as she saw a man in a brown suit fastidiously clean the table, utensils, and booth. Then, he ordered for his food to be served in different plates. A blonde woman accompanied him. "He's weird, even for this town"
Meanwhile, Alison walked into the Sheriff's office. Carter noticed that her face was hard, a thin line formed from her mouth, and she seemed tense.
She took a deep breath. Getting hysterical wasn't going to solve anything, but staying calm was hard. She hated seeing Kevin so distressed . "There's a stranger in town."
"And...You ran out of the 'don't blab about Eureka' forms?
"He upset Kevin"
Carter, as a father, now understood her concern "How? What did he do?"
"Kevin was working out equations on the sidewalk, and the this jerk just took his chalk away!"
"Just like that?"
"The man said something bout it being dirty, and Kevin's writing 'being messy'. "
At that moment, Deacon came in, and also complained about the stranger.
"Let me get this straight" Carter began after the scientist ended his explanation. "He straightened some doo hicky that was a part of some thingamagig, and it messed it up by breaking a whatamacallit?"
"Yes! It set me back weeks!" Deacon didn't feel like explaining the details again. What he felt was important was that the sheriff got the jist.
"Any idea where he's at?"
" Cafe Diem."
"I guess I'll go there" Carter shrugged, and was soon on his way.
Monk and Natalie, meanwhile, got their food and ate it. Zoe got up to leave, but ran into her father at the door.
"Hey Dad!" she smiled. "What brings you here?"
"Why aren't you at school?" Jack asked suspiciously.
"They declared it a half day in honor of some scientists" she shrugged.
"Okay...I'm here because I've gotten complaints about some new guy"
"You mean the weirdo in the brown suit, who's sitting with the blonde?" the teen asked.
"Yeah that's him." Carter remarked , took a look at the man, and noticed that there were several plates of food. Jack thought "How'd that cute blonde end up with him?"
"He made poor Vincent put each thing in a separate plate!" Zoe rolled her eyes.
"At the rate our visitor's going, he's gonna be tarred and feathered" Jack shook his head and with that, decided to introduce himself to the odd stranger.
TBC