When they married, he was in the police force.
He obviously liked the job and he looked really good in his uniform. She had no trouble being patient about some of the hours he kept. He often had to work longer days when there was something major going on in town. She saw him as being fully dedicated to the work he did and she was proud of him. Little did she know that on some of those late nights he was mixing with the wrong sort. They had been married about a year when the trouble started. At first, he was stood down while the internal affairs officers moved in to investigate corruption. When it was shown that he’d been passing on information to a prominent crime syndicate, allowing them to efficiently plan and carry out a series of robberies, charges were laid. When it went to court, she was there every day for him. She dutifully sat, giving silent support without fail, while the trial went on.
There was a lot of evidence against him and he was found guilty. He was sentenced to serve five years in prison. She took it all very hard at first and wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with regards to her own future. She wasn’t looking forward to her first visit, but she knew that whatever she decided, this was the right thing to do. She felt it was her duty to maintain her support.
On the day, she was taken to a large room full of individual tables and chairs spaced out. She was told to wait there while they brought him in. She sat looking around for a few minutes watching other prisoners and their visitors. After a while she became nervous and wondered whether this had been a good idea.
Then, she saw him enter from across the room in his prison jumpsuit. He looked very smart and she saw how happy he was to see her. Their meeting went very well. They chatted away as though they had met in a café and were just catching up. Much of their allotted time was spent expressing their love for each other.
When their visiting time was up she left in good spirits. On the way home she started to work out how and when she could visit him again.
It wasn’t that she actually forgave him for his fall from grace; she just really loves a man in a uniform.