Chapter 4
Janie was already married with Logan, and Nanny died... Logan wants Janie to work so he buys another mule, while he is getting the new mule, Janie meets Joe, who likes to be called Jody, that came from Georgia, he reminds her from a "white man" and they meet secretly. One day he tells her to
leave Logan and marry him. She sees that as an new opportunity, so she leaves Logan and get married with Jody.

Chapter 5
Jody and Janie move to a Florida town where Jody builds a store. there are some things that annoy Janie but she doesn't say nothing. Jody buys a street lamp which is a success, after that Janie wants to spend more time with Jody but he rejects. Jody wins the respect of the people in the town, so he becomes like an authority there, and every one is afraid of challenging him.

Chapter 6
Janie has to be in the store, she doesn't like that, but she likes listening what people talk about outside the store, but Jody doesn't allow her to go outside, this and other things that make Jody jealous, upset Janie. There was a mule in the town and it's owner treats it very bad, so Jody buys it and liberates it, everyone in the town sees Jody as a very noble person. After the mule dies, Jody makes a funeral for it, because everyone in the town considered it important, but he doesn't let Janie to attend. There is a lot of machismo coming from Jody he doesn't let her to be her self and once he slaps her.

Chapter 7
Janie hates her life now, and she wants to scape but she has nowhere to go. Janie realises that Jody is growing old, and Jody realises that too, but he doesn't like Janie to notice that. Jody with that changes becomes even more mean, and one day Janie cuts wrong a  tobacco for a client and Jody gets really mad at her and insults her, so she can't get it anymore, and she insults him back. Jody feels impotent because he has been humiliated by his wife, so he hits her and takes her away from the store.

Chapter 8
Jody starts resting and he avoids seen Janie and also he doesn't want to eat what she cooks. Janie is really worried because she heard a rumour, people is saying that she is trying to poison Jody for revenge, and Janie is worried for that gossip because is not true. Jody goes to a doctor and he says his kidneys had stopped working so he will die soon. Janie wants to see Jody one more time, and she does, she goes and talks to him, and the discuss he tells her he was trying to help her but she says she couldn't be free, and she stills telling him everything, and he dies, Janie realises that she is old but stills beautifull
.