Is that my cousin?

I see my extended family one a year at christmas if I'm lucky. I hadn't seen my cousin Gemma for two years. We live 40 miles apart. Me and my partner went for a drive out to the country one day and stopped in Bridgenorth. As we parked up I said I didn't really want to stay, my partner convinced me to have a walk around as we were there. We were in a heated discussion and sat in the car for twenty minutes before getting out. It was a bank holiday and we parked on a back street car park. We got out of the car and had not got a clue which way the town was. My partner started to walk left but I said lets try right. As we rounded the deserted street corner my cousin and her partner were walking towards us. If we had gone the other way/ Got out of the car earlier or left when I wanted to I would not have seen them.