7:30am

La Jolla, San Diego

Vineesh Rao, stood with his back resting on the wall of the bistro, facing the ocean. The rain had forced the bistro owner to remove all his chairs and tables from the porch. Vineesh had a cup of coffee in his right hand as he glanced at his wrist watch.

He looked up. There was no sign of the rain stopping anytime soon. Everything around him looked a tinge blue. He had this soft happy yet melancholic feeling as he gazed at the ocean with blank eyes. It was Thursday. The whole of the American west coast...