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.