A woman awoke during the night to find that her husband was not in bed. She put on her robe and went downstairs. He was sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him. <\/P><\/p>\n
He appeared to be in deep thought and very sad. He was just staring at the wall. She saw him wipe a tear from his eye and take a sip of his coffee. “What’s the matter, dear?” she whispered as she stepped into the room. “Why are you down here at this time of night?” <\/P><\/p>\n
The husband looked up from his coffee. “Do you remember 20 years ago when we
\nwere dating, and you were only 16?” he asked.<\/P><\/p>\n
“Yes, I do” she replied.<\/P><\/p>\n
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?”<\/P><\/p>\n
“Yes, I remember” said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.<\/P><\/p>\n
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?”<\/P> <\/p>\n
“I remember that too” she replied softly.<\/P><\/p>\n
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said, “I would have gotten out today.”<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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