The Consequences Of Henry's Marriage

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Many people become subject of fate as they get a peek of what the future has in store for them. At the beginning of Henry’ marriage he receives on many occasions, warnings that he is going to die in Five years. The first one occurs on Friday, February 3, 1995 (Clare is 23, Henry is 31): Henry and Clare invite their friends Charisse and Gomez over to their house. As they are playing a game of monopoly created by Charisse and Gomez.They hear a big loud noise in the kitchen and Henry finds his older self lying on the floor bleeding in a heap of broken glass with a gunshop wound in his stomach. Clare panics and wants to call the ambulance but present Henry says that this version of him will slowly fade away: “[ older Henry ] “I’ll be gone in

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