A Tearful Twist on Love
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night and realizes her
husband isn't in bed. Concerned, she puts on her robe and heads downstairs to
find him sitting at the kitchen table, deep in thought with a cup of hot cocoa.
She notices a tear in his eye and softly asks, 'What's troubling you, dear? Why
are you up at this hour?'
Her husband looks up and replies, 'Today marks the 20th anniversary
of the day we first met.' Touched by his remembrance, she tears up. He
continues, 'Do you recall, twenty years ago, when we started dating? I was eighteen,
and you were just fifteen.'
She nods, and he adds, 'And do you remember when your father caught
us in the back seat of my car?'
Again, she nods, taking a seat beside him. He goes on, 'Remember
how he pointed a shotgun at me and said, 'Either you marry my daughter or spend
the next 20 years in prison?''
She softly says, 'I remember.'
He sighs, wiping away another tear, and concludes, 'Well, today
would have been my release date.'
A.R.Malik