Whisper Network

The first-person plural narrator reports that Mondays are difficult for the women, who tend to approach the start of each week with New Year’s-style resolutions to spend their time better.

On Monday, April 3, Grace feels like a failure, though she’s not sure why. Ames enters her office to ask if she has finished the favor he asked for—writing a letter to the board of directors recommending Ames as CEO. She has not. He invites her to the roof to smoke and talk about some potential projects. Grace wonders if her desire to advance her career despite Sloane's history with Ames is messed up. She feels that she is more used to entitled men than Sloane and Ardie, who perhaps take the entitlement too seriously.

Grace has talked herself into writing the letter, but first wants to make sure that Ames is not paying for Katherine’s room at the Prescott. Asking around, Grace finds out that a woman called Alice Baxter got Katherine her hotel room. To confirm the rumor, Grace checks Katherine’s Facebook friends and sees the name Alice Baxter.

In the deposition transcript that ends the chapter, Ms. Sharpe asks Grace about the letter to the board of directors.