One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.

This couple had been quarreling all their 40 over years of marriage nothing ever seems to go right.

They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing. Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there's nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.

Lawyer was having a hard time trying to get the papers done, because he felt that after 40 years of marriage at the age of 70, he couldn't understand why the old couple would still wants a divorce.

While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband. “I really love you, but I really can't carry on anymore, I'm sorry.”

“It's OK, I understand.” said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a dinner together, just three of them, wife thought, why not, since they are still going be friends.

At the dining table, there was a silence of awkwardness(尴尬，笨拙)。

The first dish was roasted chicken, immediately, the old man took the drumstick(鸡腿) for the old lady. “Take this, it's your favorite.”

Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe there's still a chance, but the wife was frowning when she answer. “This is always the problem, you always think so highly of yourself, never thought about how I feel, don't you know that I hate drumsticks”

Little did she know that, over the years, the husband have been trying all ways to please her, little did she know that drumsticks was the husband's favorite.

Little did he know that she never thought he understand her at all, little did he know that she hates drumsticks even though all he wants is the best for her.

That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn(辗转反侧)， toss and turn. After hours, the old man couldn't take it anymore, he knows that he still loves her, and he can't carry on life without her, he wants her back, he wants to tell her, he is sorry, he wanted to tell her, “I love you.”

He picks up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stop dialing.

On the other side, she was sad, she couldn't understand how come after all these years, he still doesn't understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can't take it any- more. Phone's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that it's him. “What's the point of talking now that it's over. I have asked for it and now. I want to keep it this way, if not I will lose face. ”She thought. Phone still ringing. She has decided to pull out the cord.

Little did she remember, he had heart problems.

The next day, she received news that he had passed away. She rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone. He had a heart attack when he was still trying to get thru her phone line.

As sad as she could be. She will have to clear his belongings. When she was looking thru the drawers, she saw this insurance policy, dated from the day they got married, beneficiary(受益人) is her. Together in that file there's this note.

“To my dearest wife, by the time you are reading this, I'm sure I'm no longer around, I bought this policy for you, though the amount is only $100k, I hope it will be able to help me continue my promise that I have made when we got married, I might not be around anymore, I want this amount of money to continue taking care of you, just like the way I will if I could have live longer. I want you to know I will always be around, by your side. I love you.”

Tears flowed like river.

【必克英语参考译文】

一个晴朗的一天， 70岁左右，一对老夫妇走进一家律师事务所。显然，他们在那里提起离婚。律师很是不解，跟他们交谈了之后，他得到了自己的故事。

这夫妻俩一直吵到40年的婚姻似乎从来都没有去的权利。

他们因为自己的孩子，恐怕这会影响他们上带来。现在，他们的孩子都已经成长起来，有自己的家庭，有是什么其他的老夫妇担心，他们想的是到导致自己的生活自由，从所有这些年的不快，从他们的婚姻，所以双方同意对离婚。

律师试图拿到试卷有一个困难时期，因为他觉得，在70岁结婚40年后，他不明白为什么这对老夫妇仍然坚持要离婚。

当他们签署文件时，妻子告诉丈夫。 “我真的很喜欢你，但我实在无法忍受下去了，对不起。”

“这是确定的，我明白。 ”丈夫说。寻找在此，律师建议他们共进晚餐，只是他们三个，妻子想，为什么不呢，因为他们仍然很快就成为朋友。

在餐桌上，有一个尴尬的沉默(尴尬，笨拙)的。

第一道菜是烤鸡，立即，老头夹了一个鸡腿(鸡腿)为老太太。 “尝尝这个，这是你最喜欢的。 ”

见到这种情景，律师心想也许仍有机会，但妻子皱着眉头时，她回答。 “这始终是这个问题，你一直是这么认为的高度评价自己，从来没有想过我的感受，难道你不知道我讨厌吃鸡腿吗? ”

可是她知道，多年来，丈夫已尝试所有方法来取悦她，她一点也不知道，鸡腿是丈夫的喜爱。

他一点也不知道，她从来没有想过他完全不了解她，他一点也不知道，即使她讨厌吃鸡腿，他想要的是对她最好的。

那天晚上，他们都可以不睡觉，折腾并打开辗转反侧，辗转反侧。几个小时后，老头可能不下去了，他知道，他仍然爱她，他不能进行没有她的生活，他要她回来，他要亲口告诉她，他很抱歉，他想她说：“我爱你。 ”

于是，他拿起电话，开始拨打她的电话号码。从来没有停止振铃。他从来没有停止拨号。

在另一边，她很伤心，她不明白怎么来的，毕竟这些年来，他还是不明白她的所有，她喜欢他的人很多，但她只是不能采取任何更多。手机的铃声，她拒绝回答知道，这是他的。 “现在谈论它的点是什么，我问它，现在，我要保持这种方式，如果不是我会很没面子。 ”她想。电话还在响着。她已决定将线拉出。

没想到，她还记得，他有心脏问题。

第二天，她收到消息，他已经去世。她径直向他的公寓里，看到了他的身体，躺在沙发上，仍然拿着电话。他有心脏病发作，当时他还在试图接通她的电话线。

由于伤心，因为她可以。她将不得不清理他的遗物。她认真细致地翻着抽屉时，她看到了这个保险政策，他们结婚之日起，受益人(受益人)日是她的。连同在该文件中有此说明。

“我最亲爱的妻子，你正在阅读这篇文章的时候，我敢肯定，我不再身边，我为你买了这份保险，虽然金额只有10万美元，我希望这将是能够帮助我继续我的诺言，我们结婚时，我做了，我可能会不绕了，我要这笔钱，只是喜欢的方式，我会，如果我能有活更长的时间，我想你知道我继续照顾你，总是会围绕在你身边，我爱你。”