No, Platt Jr. went outside to use the phone booth because the phone lines inside the building were cut. See Chapter 6 page 82. You’ll also notice that Platt Jr.’s phone booth was next to a blue mailbox, just like this one.

It’s gotta be a different phone booth. The call made it to the answering machine, and phone lines at the auction building were cut

I do not throw with my arm; he who throws with his arm has forgotten the face of his father.
I throw with my mind.

I do not punch with my fist; he who punches with his fist has forgotten the face of his father.
I punch with my heart.”

—Bout, probably

I wrote this farther down, but I’m pretty sure her point is: “You should put a child’s well-being first, even if that child’s fear of you is the only thing stopping her from reporting your various crimes.”

It took me a minute to put everything together.

She’s not referring to her decision to help with the robbery. She’s referring to her decision to put Dot’s comfort first, even though that could have led to Dot ratting her out. In other words, Mustard’s example helped her decide that it’s wrong to get what you want through intimidation. And that is heavily ironic, because Mustard has spent the past several months running around town intimidating people, up to maybe an hour ago with Platt Jr. at that exact same phone booth.

The layers, man, the layers.

Well, it looks like it at least set up for one of the political/economic powerhouses getting sense knocked back into him, that’s probably valuable. Depends heavily on how long it lasts.