Now we build the school. The Centro de Formación de Santiago. A FIFA-funded project. $500,000 from Zurich. It will train young referees.
Jadue closes the laptop. He walks to a closet. Behind winter coats, a safe. He opens it. Inside: not cash. A single USB drive. He holds it over a candle.
Jadue does not smile. He picks up the gavel. He weighs it. Then he puts it down softly, as if it were made of glass.