Skeeter has found a job at the local newspaper. When is writing for the Dear Myrna column. She has been thinking a lot about what has happened to her old maid that she had when she was little. When she returned from college she was gone. She has started asking Aibileen questions. The next chapter is narrated my Aibilene again. She still taking care of Mae. Mae gets little attention from her mom. Mae goes potty in Aibileen's outside bathroom. When Mae's mom finds out she hits her and tells her that she will get a disease. Skeeter has approached Aibileen again and wants to ask her more questions about what happens as a maid. She is trying to convince Aibileen into having the other maids talk as well. Aibileen is very reluctant because they could lose their jobs.