Dinner Date (I)

Grace stared at the caller ID for a moment before she put down her almost empty tea cup and inhaled deeply. She cleared her throat and finally picked up the call.

"Hello."

There was silence on the other end of the call, but it lasted only for a few seconds before she finally heard him speaking.

[Hello, Ms. Blackwood. I hope I haven't disturbed you by the sudden call.]

"It's okay." Grace replied as she played with the hem of her dress. "I wasn't really doing anything."

There was again silence and she realized that he was hesitating to speak whatever he wanted to talk about. "Dr. Kian, why did you call though? Is everything alright?"

In the previous timeline, among the cities that were heavily affected by the rain, the capital city was one. The situation there was beyond worst and it took several weeks for the authorities to rescue the people.