Sofia, Shug, Big Surprise, Anger.

After bein raped Squeak stands up for herself. She wants Harpo to call her by her real name now, Mary Agnes. Sofia has been released from prison. She gon have to work at the Mayor's house now. Mary helps Sofia out with them crazy kids that the Mayor's wife, Miss Mille, got. That little boy hates Sofia and she feels the same way too. You can tell the little girl likes her, but Sofia don't care. She don't care about much now. Sofia might as well be a slave in that house. She do all the work and never never gets to see her kin.

Shug got Mary Agnes real interested in singing. Mary start off singing Shug's old songs, now she sing her own songs she make up.

Sofia don't understand the Mayor's family. The Mayor bought Miss Millie a brand new car. But never taught how to drive. So she got Sofia to show her. Then around Christmas time she offered to drive Sofia to see her children. It be Christmas time and all and Sofia be working hard. When Sofia got in the front seat Miss Millie tell her to sit in the back. Sofia always sat up front when showing her how to drive. But now she say she can't be seen with a black person in the front seat. Hm. Anyways when Sofia finally saw her kids Miss Millie walk in saying I can't leave. Sofia ast why not? She say she never learned how to back in a car. Miss Millie was gettin mad cause she messed the cars gears. When Sofia say her brother in law could take her on home she say no. She take Sofia back with her back to the Mayor's place. Sofia only got to see her kids for five minutes. Five short minutes. Miss Millie say she "ungrateful" whenever Sofia talks about that time.

Shug wrote us about a big surprise she was gon bring down with her. But me and Mr. _____ don't like it. The surprise be Grady. Shug's new lover you could say. He rub me the wrong way. I don't like him. I always feel left out when her and Grady are together. I can tell Mr. ____ don't like him either. Shug don't have the same sparkle in her eyes as she did before. But she be doin real good with her singing. She know lots of famous people and shes more famous than ever. Im real happy for her. Mr. ____ and Grady have been drinking a lot with each other. It gives me and Shug time for the two of us. She ast if sex with Mr. ____ is any better. Tell her it aint no better. She call me a virgin since I never liked it. We sleep in the same bed and talk about everuthing. I didnt realize how much I missed her. I finally told her about everything that happened to me. My daddy, my momma, my children, and my beloved, dead sister Nettie. Shug cry and cry when I finished. And she told me she loves me.

I couldn't believe. Shug said something about strange letters she sees Mr. ____ hide. Thought we should go look at them. We wait till we home alone. When Grady and Mr. ____ are gone. Shug gets they key opens up his trunk and found a bunch of letters that have been from Africa. My sister is still alive, or she wrote before she died anyways. There are so many letters. Shug put them in the right order for me. We got through the first few before the men got home.

I have never felt such anger before! My Nettie is still alive. All these years I believed she was dead. And Mr. ____ has been hiding her letters this whole time.