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A woman awakes during the night to find that her
husband was not in bed.
She put on her robe and went downstairs to look for him, and 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 wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.
"What's the matter, dear?", she whisper's as she steps
into the room, "Why are you down here at this time of night?".
The husband looked 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.
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'll 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"...
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