Gemotions

Eliza stared at the letter, its crisp officiality mocking her. Wrong recipient. The scholarship was, without a doubt, a clerical error. A wave of something unexpected overtook her usual frustration. She felt… curious, she supposed.

She imagined the other student, a nameless face, and wondered about their circumstances. She knew the struggle. She knew the relief this money had brought her.

She researched the student in question, finding a basic profile online. She saw a single mother, struggling. She took a deep breath, and then went to her old laptop. She would find a way to help. She had some money saved from her summer job, enough to get this person started.