Alicia follows Dominick’s gaze to California and tells the story of Muriel and Seema Silberstein and the 96% of the shares of the Beverly Hills Hotel they owned in equal proportion. It was that last 4% that drove them over the edge. Beverly Hills was scandalized. Dominick was intrigued.
Further reading:
Beverly Hills Coup, by Dominick Dunne. Vanity Fair, February 1986
Fatal Charms and the Mansions of Limbo, by Dominick Dunne (Amazon link)