At the Oceana Apartments, he experiences a familiar sting of guilt at the memory of Mae, at how easily he cast her aside. The pattern has commenced: the cheating, and the desire for the other, but also the mirroring.
He and Babe; Mae and Madelyn.
Like Babe, he first takes an older woman to his bed.
Like Babe, he cuts her loose for a younger one.
Like Babe, he believes that money will ensure her disappearance.
Like Babe, he is wrong.