Haymitch sat at the table with the surprise dinner he had prepared for his and Effie's 7 year anniversary . The candle's had been burning for quite a while and the wax began to melt down onto the table cloth . He began to worry as Effie is never late for any occasion . And then the phone began to ring , he rushed to the phone hoping to hear an explanation from Effie .Tears flooded down his face and for a moment his heart stopped beating as the phone slipped out of his hands . He heard the words he had hoped he would never hear . An unidentified women had been found dead in a car accident that women was identified as Effie . The room become dark and cold the name Effie began to spin around in his mind . The thought of knowing that he would never feel Effie's heart beat again was unbearable . By now the surprise dinner he had prepared for Effie had become cold . But that was the least of his worries all that was on his mind was how was he going to go on without Effie . Effie was the only good thing in his life the only thing keeping him from ending his life . Haymitch had come close to suicide many times but that was before Effie came into his life , Effie was the one to show him how to love but now she's gone . Haymitch had experienced heartache and loss many times before as a mentor but never any as great as this . Knowing that his life would always be empty from now on he decided to end the longing end the pain of lost love . With no reason to stop himself he juust about manged to drag himself across the floor towards a kitchen knife he grabbed the knife and slit his throat. Blood quickly flooded from his neck and he fell to the floor . His eyes gently closed as he lay on the ground in a pool of blood . A couple of minutes later came a knock on the door . It was Effie . " Haymitch sorry im late I got caught up in an accident it was awful a poor lady died some man crashed into her im fine don't worry I just got stuck behid them . Haymitch ? Haymitch ?! where are you ". Effie wondered through the house and the entered the dining room . " Haymitch ! no no no you can't do this to me no not now we were going to grow old together we were going to have children you cant leave me now haymitch not like this " . And then that's when Haymitch woke up in a panic . It was all a dream . He turned onto his side to put his arms around Effie as he was longing for her comfort but then he realised she wasn't breathing . "effie , effie no don't do this to me come on Effie breathe , breathe ! " he cried . Her body was cold there was no way of resuscitation she was long gone .