CHAPTER 16ROCHELLE
April 20, 2090
I slid a round slice of carrot back and forth across my plate, carefully circumventing the baked fish I hadn’t touched. The conversation around the dinner table barely even registered as I ran through the details of the first official council meeting in my head.
Kiara had plans to spruce up Main Street and put on a festival later in the year to boost morale, which we all voted to proceed with. Molly had a binder full of detailed notes in slip covers with color coded tabs. She knew how many people had been affected by the flood and the stage of repair for each damaged residence, and she was working on plans to deal with anything from a future flood to a meteor strike. Trevor had been working with Alexander to find grants from the federal government that
