“I said I would,” started Georgia, “so I set up a Just Giving campaign.”
He didn’t know how much Georgia had raised, but his heart suddenly leapt.
Georgia didn’t help his heartrate by taking her time opening the app on her phone. “Don’t keep me in suspense here, Georgie,” he said nervously.
“I’m sorry,” she said, “the site’s taking its time loading. Oh, wait, here we are. I’m signing in now.”
Either Georgia didn’t feel the pressure of the crowd around her, or she just handled it well. He was impressed with her even more now.
“Forty-three thousand,” she said, “give or take a few hundred.” She didn’t tell him that this included the money collected at the office.
They were so close. Five thousand under. Was that all it had taken to break them, a mere five thousand pounds? He’d personall
