Everglades

Before Tea Cake and Janie go to the Everglades, Janie hides 200 dollars from Tea Cake because she wasn't sure if she could trust him yet. About a week later, Tea Cake is gone for most of the day when he said he was just going out for a bit, and Janie finds her 200 dollars gone. When he gets back he admits that he spent the money on his friends from work. He said that he didn't want Janie with these low class people. Janie isn't really mad that he took the money, but that Tea Cake said he didn't want her to be with the people he was with because Janie was better than them. This is when she told him that she wanted to enjoy all of the things that he enjoys and partake in whatever he does. Tea Cake agrees to this, and promises he will reimburse her. He gambles and makes more money than what he owes her. Janie sees that she can trust him, and tells him how much money she has in the bank. Tea Cake tells her that she will never have to touch the money in the bank because he will provide for her. Soon after, they both move to the Everglades so Tea Cake can find some work.
While Tea Cake and Janie are in the Everglades, Tea Cake works out in the muck while Janie stays at home and cooks. Soon, Tea Cake starts cutting work to come home and see Janie. He tells her that he gets lonely without her. So, the very next day Janie went to work with Tea Cake so they could be together all day. Janie likes working alongside Tea Cake. This is different than with Logan and Jody because they made her work. Tea Cake had offered this job to her, and she took it enthusiastically. Janie loved Tea Cake so much that she would work all day in the muck just to be with him.