Linda did not know what to say or even how to react to the situation in front of her because even though she had been through many terrible things in her life and had learned how to stay calm in dangerous moments, she was never good at lying to people, especially not when the person sitting in front of her came with a reason that sounded honest and good.
It was much easier to lie when the other person was greedy, selfish, or only cared about themselves, because then Linda could simply tell herself that they deserved it, but this was different because the woman sitting in front of her was talking about helping people, about using money to support others, about making sure children, poor families, and sick people had a chance to survive, and that made it much harder for Linda to think clearly.
And of course Linda had no idea that James had ever donated money to anyone. Nobody had mentioned it before.
That was why Linda could not stop herself from thinking about it.
