“Keep the money,” Jude said. “I just wanted to show you something.”
Jude stood up. He didn’t celebrate. He walked to the duffel bag, unzipped it, and took out a single stack of notes. Then he pushed the rest back toward Zen.
It was the final of the FIFA 22 Global Series. Winner takes a million dollars and a place in the history books. Jude “Juked” Okonkwo, 19 years old, from a council estate in Hackney, had just lost 4-3.
But this wasn’t FIFA 22. Not as anyone knew it.