Book 2, Chapter 9, (Four) Summary

Wednesday, July 21, 1999 and September 8, 1996 Henry = 36: Clare = 28

Henry suggests adoption after the fourth miscarriage and Clare will not hear of it, she gets angry and tells him they pretend to be normal when they are not. Henry is devastated. He takes Clare's car and drives to the Chicago shoreline, he leaves the keys in the car and walks to the end of the pier. He is caught in helicopter lights as he disappears. He ends up at Mrs. Kim's and he learns of her daughter, who passed away before he was born. They discuss the lack of a child in Henry's life and he becomes tense.

Meanwhile Clare watches police divers search Lake Michigan and Captain Michels questions her. Henry returns and Clare helps him onto the pier. Police are stumped, and the two drive home apologizing to each other...