Deedee
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> A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in
> their bed.
> *
> She puts on her dressing gown 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 wipes 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, 'I am just remembering
> when we
> first met 20 years ago and started dating. You were only 16. Do you
> remember back then?' he says solemnly.
> *
> The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring, so
> sensitive.
> *
> 'Yes, I do' she replies.
> *
> The husband pauses. The words were not coming easily.
> *
> 'Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?'
> *
> 'Yes, I remember!' said 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 will 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 been released today.
> A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in
> their bed.
> *
> She puts on her dressing gown 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 wipes 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, 'I am just remembering
> when we
> first met 20 years ago and started dating. You were only 16. Do you
> remember back then?' he says solemnly.
> *
> The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring, so
> sensitive.
> *
> 'Yes, I do' she replies.
> *
> The husband pauses. The words were not coming easily.
> *
> 'Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?'
> *
> 'Yes, I remember!' said 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 will 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 been released today.
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