To be afraid of what might happen to your wife.
I am sorry about what has happened to your wife.
All he wanted was to help other families avoid what had happened to him and his wife.
Something bad had happened to his wife, either she'd died from some disease or taken off with a younger man.
He hadn't expressed any interest in what might be happening to his wife.
"Tell me what happened to my wife and children, on the night of their deaths."
He said, "I was sorry to hear of what happened to your wife."
This actually happened to my wife and me when we went back home to Oklahoma.
If something has happened to my wife, we have to go to the police.
"You realize what could happen to my wife if we get caught?"