I went home and life went on. The next night, after work, I took the kids over to my parents and got ready to go out. I met Jim at the restaurant where we had made reservations.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked.

"They should be coming soon, I hope," Jim answered.

We sat and had some drinks but no one else showed up. He got a text and said that the others wouldn't be coming due to something coming up with one of their kids.

"Should we reschedule then?" I asked, getting ready to get up and leave.

"Well we are already here, we should just enjoy dinner and...