she glanced over at the heavy carved desk across the way , the one they 'd recently moved in here , the one at which he sat so happily for hours upon hours , ruling , thinking , planning . they each raised a hand to me to let me know they were leaving , and then i was by myself in the front parking lot , still waiting . at the pay phone she had to do some juggling to get the phone off the hook and dialed without putting down the money and without using her injured hand . 