Louise decides to address the issue of her contract, and the children's feelings, with the mothers of the first two families. They say that now that all the children are in nursery or school, they need to share the costs of employing Louise. They also want to re-negotiate how she uses her time when she has no children with her. They offer a combination of office work with one mother who runs her own business, and housecleaning.
Louise decides that she does not want this transformed job, and gives in her notice. She finds a courteous way to alert the mothers to the fact that their own children do not really like the children from the third family.
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