Release Day

A woman wakes up during the night to find that her husband was not inbed. 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 infront of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at thewall. 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, “Do you remember 20 years agowhen we were dating, and you were only 16?” he asks solemnly. “Yes I do” she replies.

The husband pauses - the words were not coming easily. “Do youremember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car makinglove?” “Yes, I remember” said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.

The husband continued.. “Do you remember when he shoved the shotgunin my face and said, ‘Either you marry my daughter, or I’ll send you tojail for 20 years?” “I remember that too” she replied softly.

He wiped another tear from his cheek and said, “I would have been released today.”