What is the climax of the story "Thank You, Ma'am?"

The climax of any story is the part of the story preceding the resolution. It is frequently tense and is the highest point of action in the entire story. In Langston Hughes's short story "Thank You, Ma'am" the climax is the point in the story in which the young thief named Roger sits down to dinner with Luella Bates Washington Jones, whose purse Roger has attempted to steal earlier in the story.
The two discuss Roger's reasoning behind attempting to steal the purse; Roger admits to simply wanting a pair of blue suede shoes. Mrs. Jones scolds the boy for his immorality, simply stating that he could have asked her for a pair of shoes if he wanted them so desperately. Embarrassed and hoping to make a better impression on Mrs. Jones, he offers to run errands for her, an offer that Mrs. Jones refuses.
The climax begins in the following passage,

She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table. The woman did not ask the boy anything about where he lived, or his folks, or anything else that would embarrass him. Instead, as they ate, she told him about her job in a hotel beauty-shop that stayed open late, what the work was like, and how all kinds of women came in and out, blondes, red-heads, and Spanish. Then she cut him a half of her ten-cent cake.

As Hughes describes the ordinary aspect of the dinner, the tension builds, and the reader begins to wonder what will happen to Roger. The climax reaches its peak, and Mrs. Jones gives Roger the money he needs to buy the shoes he wants. He leaves, quite embarrassed but entirely gracious, and afterwards he never sees Mrs. Jones again.