The four of them sat encircling a round iron table in the coffee shop section of the store and ate croissant sandwiches while laughing. Courtney smiled at Jake when he told a hilarious tale about Austin's date for prom and a disaster story about dancing. She thought it a nice reprieve that, for a moment, they could laugh and share without the world weighing in.

Courtney got an idea while they'd reminisced, several actually. When Austin got up to throw out his wrapper, she ...