The Nest

While living with Stephanie in Brooklyn, Leo begins to visit the office of his former employee, Paul Underwood. Paul, after not being invited by Leo to stay on at SpeakEasy when it shifted to a digital form, began his own literary journal called Paper Fibres. Bea works for Paul, and Paul has harbored a secret love for her for years. Leo informs Paul that Nathan Chowdhury—Leo’s former partner at SpeakEasy—is looking to invest in a new project. With Paper Fibres barely staying afloat, Paul hopes Nathan will take serious interest.

It is February, and Jack calls Bea to inform her he is going to visit Leo, wondering if he has made any progress on his plan to pay back The Nest. Bea updates Jack on the rumors about Leo’s involvement on a project with Nathan. Bea attends a party at the home of an artist named Celia Baxter, a friend of Stephanie’s. She hopes to bump into Stephanie there, but Stephanie does not attend. Instead, Bea is accosted by a writer named Lena Novak—a fellow writer who once appeared in magazine profile with Bea and two other women; the article nicknamed them the “Glitterati Girls,” a moniker Bea hated but Lena embraced.