he looked around : there was one chair and a small table with three legs , the fourth leg was on the floor , and a torn carpet was lying across the table . would n't he want to say hello ? not another one of lauras ideas that usually ended up with the bunch of them in hot water . she 'd changed so much in the past few months , since the loss of her family . she peeked through the blinds in time to see brake lights flash as it parked at a different house . 