I, too, was hoping D could readily escape from Rachel's clutches. Possibly by the storm causing the plane to make an unscheduled landing before arriving at Rachel's country (D would refuse to re-board the plane, contact Dad, reunion, etc.).
But now that MrDots has outlined his plans for future updates, this early reunion scenario seems unlikely.
MrDots stated that he will not be progressing the main story until Chapter 2 (this next update, v. 0.14, is to be the last or next-to-last in Chapter1). That prevents any early F/D reunion.
Also, the usual practice that 1 day (of the story timeline) will be roughly equal to 1 update will no longer be followed. This would suggest that many days (if not weeks or even months) will elapse before the fateful F/D reunion. Pity that...