BEg2 ch 2 & 3 - foreshadowing

[Michael Bailey]

“…Joel Wiener, appears in the viewfinder. “Yeah, I get it, you recognize me
from the news coverage, and now I’m just camera fodder, right? even though
I was acquitted, in fact for the third time, on charges of that nature.”
Proceeding to unstopper a lengthy epic of injustice, somehow related to
Manhattan real estate, that Maxine has trouble following in all of its
nuances. Maybe she should have, it could’ve saved her some trouble down the
line.”


this Joel Wiener is one of the main purchasers, through The Pinnacle Group,
of rent-stabilized buildings from the ‘60s on & harassing people to move
out so they could convert.

Still at it.
https://kulturehub.com/landlord-billionaire-nyc-gentrification/


The foreshadowing here is obvious: had Maxine attended to him more closely,
she could have saved her ACFE membership since his chicanery was blatant.



The foreshadowing in Chapter 3 is less clear cut. Do we ever find out which
mob? We’re exposed to so many!

(Re: the Deseret)

““I heard it’s run by the mob.”

         “Which mob exactly, Heidi? And what difference does it make?”

         Plenty, as it would turn out.”