A woman awakes during the night, and her husband isn't in
bed with her. She goes downstairs to look for him. She
finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a glass of
whiskey 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 whiskey.

"What's the matter, dear?" she asks. "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 16?" he
asks solemnly.

"Yes, I do," she replies.

"Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat
of my car making love?"

"Yes, I remember," says the wife, lowering herself into a
chair beside him.

The husband continues, "Do you remember when he shoved the
gun 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 replies softly.

He wipes another tear from his cheek and says, "I would have
gotten out today."