- Yule May (Miss Hilly's maid) is considering talking to Skeeter for the book, but she's not sure yet.
- Very funny incident with a rooster that came into the house to cool off because it was soooooo hot outside.
- Minny sees Miss Celia drinking some brown liquid (sneaking around trying to hide it from Minny) and believes that she is an alcoholic and that is why she never leaves the house.
- Minny accuses Miss Celia of this, and Miss Celia fires her, but Aibileen convinces Minny to try and get her job back.
- It turns out that thankfully, Miss Celia isn't an alcoholic. The brown stuff she was drinking is "catch tonic" to keep her from miscarrying her baby (which she just did). It was a pretty traumatic scene with a lot of blood. Minny calls the Doctor who is very mean. This was Miss Celia's fourth miscarriage, and she doesn't want to tell Mr. Johnny about it. The poor girl seems very scared and unsure of what to do, I can't even imagine being in her situation.
- Yule May had agreed to help Skeeter, but Miss Hilly had her thrown in jail for stealing a cheap ring from Hilly to help pay for her sons' college education. Yule May asked Hilly if she could borrow the money but Hilly wouldn't let her, she said it was for her own good so she could learn to earn things . . .Hilly is so mean.
- Skeeter and her parents have dinner with Stewart's family. Skeeter finds out more about Stewart's ex-fiancee and she and Stewart end up breaking up because he won't talk to her about it. Sad day. :(
Things are not going the way that I had hoped they would. I'm really mad at Hilly for being so mean, and the whole situation with Miss Celia and the miscarriages is pretty difficult. Also, I'm sad that Skeeter and Stewart broke up, I thought they were good for each other. I hope things start to turn around in the next few chapters.
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