A woman awakens during the night to find her husband was not in bed.
She
puts on her robe and 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 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 the 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.

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 gotten out today."