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A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in
their bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him.
She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of
coffee in front of him.
He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She
watches as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.
"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into
the room, "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 15 ?" he asks solemnly.
"Yes I do" she replies.
The husband paused. The words were not coming easily. "Do you
remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car
making love?"
"Yes, I remember" said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.
The husband continued. "Do you remember when he shoved the
shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter, or I will
send you to jail for 20 years?"
"I remember that too" she replied softly.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said......"I would have
got out today."
their bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him.
She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of
coffee in front of him.
He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She
watches as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.
"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into
the room, "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 15 ?" he asks solemnly.
"Yes I do" she replies.
The husband paused. The words were not coming easily. "Do you
remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car
making love?"
"Yes, I remember" said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.
The husband continued. "Do you remember when he shoved the
shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter, or I will
send you to jail for 20 years?"
"I remember that too" she replied softly.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said......"I would have
got out today."