A woman awakes during the night, and her husband isn’t in bed with
her.
She goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the
kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to
be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he
wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee. “What’s
the matter, dear?” she asks. “Why are you down here at this time of
night?”
The husband looks up from his coffee, “Do you remember 20 years ago
when we were dating, and you were only 16?” he asks solemnly.
“Yes, I do,” she replies.
“Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my
car making love?”
“Yes, I remember,” says the wife, lowering herself into a chair
beside him.
The husband continues, “Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun
in my face and said, ‘Either you marry my daughter, or I’ll send
you to jail for 20 years?’” “I remember that, too,” she replies
softly.
He wipes another tear from his cheek and says, "I would have gotten
out today.
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