Life Expectancy Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part Three: Chapters 24 - 29 Summary

Part Three: Chapters 24 - 29 Summary

Jimmy takes Grandpa Josef's predictions more seriously now. The next date he gave was January 19, 1998 - over three years after the first date. Jimmy buys a pistol and the family has many suggestions, each different, about how the day should be handled. Complicating this issue is that their first baby is due to arrive on the 18th or 19th. Lorrie had accepted Jimmy's proposal after he had insisted on speaking to the man she was in love with, and she admitted it was him. On January 12th, Lorrie's contractions start. Five hours later, after she is sure this time it is the real thing, she tells Jimmy. Two hundred yards away, someone listens to their conversations via a carefully planted transmitter. As they are ready to leave, a Hummer pulls up to block their exit. A man gets out with a rifle. As he raises the rifle, Jimmy...
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