Intently gazing at the Washington Monument like never before–pondering he had never had the time to go up it until now. Slowly spinning the free-moving, black, leather chair, Lockwood stopped it abruptly; his secretary was patiently standing by the open door. No wonder he felt a draft on his neck. Putting his hand over the phone receiver, he bluntly said to her, “Betty, the door, please.” Seeing she was not going to budge, he put his hand back over the receiver and gave her an upward nod. “Lujack Lane is on line four,” she relinquished, in a barely audible tone, and then turned around and shut the door behind her. Lockwood’s conversation would soon be over. “Honey, I have to go now.” Before he heard her say goodbye, his finger was already pushing line number four. “Lujack Lane, Lockwood Hightower here.” “Good morning, Mr. Hightower. Or should I say afternoon? I would certainly like to meet with you, sir. I am in Virginia now. I can be in D.C. in no time. You name the place. If you want to meet that is? By the way, I have someone with me that I think you should meet if you wanna move forward with this.” A brief pause
Intently gazing at the Washington Monument like never before–pondering he had never had the time to go up it until now. Slowly spinning the free-moving, black, leather chair, Lockwood stopped it abruptly; his secretary was patiently standing by the open door. No wonder he felt a draft on his neck. Putting his hand over the phone receiver, he bluntly said to her, “Betty, the door, please.” Seeing she was not going to budge, he put his hand back over the receiver and gave her an upward nod. “Lujack Lane is on line four,” she relinquished, in a barely audible tone, and then turned around and shut the door behind her. Lockwood’s conversation would soon be over. “Honey, I have to go now.” Before he heard her say goodbye, his finger was already pushing line number four. “Lujack Lane, Lockwood Hightower here.” “Good morning, Mr. Hightower. Or should I say afternoon? I would certainly like to meet with you, sir. I am in Virginia now. I can be in D.C. in no time. You name the place. If you want to meet that is? By the way, I have someone with me that I think you should meet if you wanna move forward with this.” A brief pause